Crime
Police rescue 4 teenagers, arrest their kidnapper
The Police Command in Lagos State disclosed that its personnel rescued four teenagers and arrested a suspect alleged to have kidnapped them in Surulere.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement disclosed that the teenagers, all boys, had been reunited with their families.
He also stated that operatives from Surulere Division of the command carried out the arrest of the 51-year-old suspect, one Austin Kanu.
The police PPRO said that the victims were between the ages of 16 and 18, stressing that they were discovered on Saturday at about 8.10 p.m. in an isolated area within the National Stadium, Surulere.
Hundeyin said that the Chief Security Officer of the stadium, who discovered the teenagers while on routine patrol, alerted the Surulere Division of the command.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect lured the victims from Ogba and Agege areas to Surulere.
“Their parents, when contacted, confirmed that the boys had been missing since the early hours of Oct. 29, 2022.
”Suspect will be arraigned at the conclusion of ongoing investigation,” he said.
Hundeyin, therefore, enjoined Nigerians to be vigilant and report any suspicious happenings to security agencies.
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