OPERATIVES of the Area M Police Command has foiled attempts by some kidnappers to abduct some pupils of an undisclosed Primary school in the Ijegun area of the Igando-Ikotun LCDA in the Alimosho LGA.
According to media reports, a kindergartener and two pupils were rescued in the process, and a member of the kidnapping gang was arrested.
The kidnappers, as gathered, invaded the school after the closing bell was rung, and some of them were said to have positioned their operational motorcycles close to the school premises, waiting for other members who went inside to get their targets.
The Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hudenyin, who confirmed the arrest, said: “The Headmaster of a school situated at Ijegun area of Lagos, reported at Area ‘M’ Command, that some unknown persons invaded the school and abducted three pupils in the school premises.
“Upon receiving the information, detectives swung into action and led a formidable team to the scene of crime.
“Furthermore, the culprits were given a hot chase, where one Akintola Alima, a 40-year-old woman, who kidnapped the three pre-nursery children was arrested and the children were rescued.
“However, other unknown suspects escaped with an unregistered motorcycle on sighting the Police”.
Hundeyin said that the suspect was in Police custody, adding that “investigation revealed that she abducted the children for criminal purposes and she had a standby motorcycle now at large, which was waiting for her to escape with the children before she was apprehended. Investigation is still ongoing.”
Meanwhile, the rescued pupils, whose identities were given as Sofiat, four years old; Israel, five years old; and Mustapher, six years old, have been reunited with their families.
