Lagos Police Arrests Suspected Kidnapper, Reunites Victims With Families
THE Lagos State Police Command has announced that it has arrested a serial kidnap suspect, while two of her victims have been reunited with their families.
The Command, in a statement posted on its Twitter on Sunday, November 20 and signed by its spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the 28-year-old female suspect, Joy Kolapo, was arrested in Oyo State after kidnapping her neighbour’s three-year-old son, identified only as Bright, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
The Police stated that according to its intelligence, Kolapo demanded a ransom of N55, 000 from the parents of the boy and fled to Oyo State after receiving payment. She took Bright to a friend’s shop in Akute before leaving the state.
While in Oyo State, Kolapo allegedly kidnapped another victim identified as Moses, seven years old, and demanded N20, 000 as ransom for his release.
According to the tweet: “Following painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering into the abduction of a three-year-old boy, Bright, on October 27, 2022 in 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 seven, whom she had kidnapped in Olopo Meta area of Oyo State.
“Investigation led to the rescue of Bright in Akute area of Ogun State, same day the suspect was arrested. Further investigation revealed that the suspect was a neighbour to Bright’s parents and had received the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Naira (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.
“The suspect then travelled down to Oyo State after leaving Akute, kidnapped another victim, one Moses, demanded and received the sum of Twenty Thousand Naira (N20, 000) from his parents before she was eventually arrested.
“The boys have been rescued unhurt and reunited with their parents. Meanwhile, the suspect has since been arraigned.”
