Police rescue 2 boys from 28-year-old female kidnapper in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos State Command have arrested a 28-year-old woman identified as Joy Kolapo for allegedly kidnapping two boys aged 3 and 7 in Lagos and Oyo States.

According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspect was arrested on Saturday after a week-long probe.

“Following painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering into the abduction of a 3-year-old boy, Bright, on October 27, 2022, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State, detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lagos State Command, have arrested one serial kidnapper, Joy Kolapo ‘f’ aged 28.

“The suspect was arrested in Omi Adio area of Oyo State on November 12, 2022, with another victim, one Moses ‘m’ aged 7 whom she had kidnapped in Olopo Meta area of Oyo State,” the police spokesman said.

Hundeyin stated that the police investigation led to the rescue of Bright in the Akute area of Ogun State on the same day the suspect was arrested.

According to him, further investigation revealed that the suspect was a neighbour to Bright’s parents and had received the sum of N55,000 from his parents for his return.

“Thereafter, the suspect took the victim to her friend’s shop in Akute, begging her friend to babysit the child while she went shopping but never showed up again. The friend immediately notified the Police at Ojodu Abiosun Division in Akute of the abandoned child,” he said.

“The suspect then travelled down to Oyo State after leaving Akute, kidnapped another victim, one Moses, and demanded and received the sum of N20,000 from his parents before she was eventually arrested.

“The boys have been rescued unhurt and reunited with their parents and the suspect has been arraigned,” Hundeyin said.

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