Police arrest man who abducted children from church

A middle aged man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, has been arrested by the police for abducting two children during a church service in Ijeja area of Abeokuta, Ogun state.

The suspect was arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Ibara divisional headquarters that while Good Friday service was going on at celestial church of Christ Ijeja, the suspect and one other suspect who is now at large, sneaked into the children department and stole two children who are two and three years old.

On their way out with the stolen children, a vigilant member of the church sighted them and raised alarm, consequent upon which the congregants pursued them and apprehended one of them.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the anti kidnapping unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation. He also ordered that the accomplice must be hunted for and brought to book.