OPERATIVES of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a pregnant woman, a policeman and five others for kidnapping activities in Lagos, Nigeria.
CrimesChroniclers gathered that members of the gang had reportedly gone to receive a ransom, which was brought for one of their victims, over the weekend when they were arrested.
The suspects were arrested at the Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, by a crack team of Special Detectives, who were deployed to the area by the state Police Commissioner, Adegoke Fayoade.
The spokesperson of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest.
A police source said “The gang members were at the Ijede Creek to collect the ransom when they were arrested.”
A resident of Ijede, told an online medium that “The kidnappers abducted a man and contacted his family to pay ransom.
“The policemen told them to play along with them and even volunteered to take the ransom to the kidnappers.”
“The policemen took the ransom to the creek, leading to the arrest of the leader and other members of the gang.”
Among the gang, according to reports, is a pregnant woman said to be in charge of cooking and feeding at the kidnappers’ den.
A serving policeman, whose identity is yet unknown, was also said to have been arrested.Kidnapping, across Nigeria, has become a lucrative business partly owing to the excruciating economic hardship staring the people in the face.
