The police in Lagos have arrested three men suspected of involvement in the alleged kidnap of a 10-year-old JSS 1 student.
Two of the suspects were arrested in Ondo State and the remaining one was nabbed in Lagos.
Briefing newsmen on Monday, the Lagos police spokesman, Frank Mba, said the men kidnapped the lad on Aug. 28, at his parents’ residence in Idi-Araba, Lagos.
Mba said the boy was lured by a member of the syndicate on the pretext that his mother instructed that he should be taken to a tailor for a new dress.
He said the boy followed the kidnapper who subsequently drugged and took him to Omotosho village in Ondo State, where two members of the gang were waiting.
The police spokesman said after carrying out the nefarious act, the suspects contacted the boy’s mother and demanded an unspecified ransom.
According to him, the mother of the boy observed from the voices of the alleged kidnappers—on the telephone— that one of them, a carpenter, had worked for her before.
Mba said the suspect arrested in Lagos claimed to be a painter working with the carpenter.
The suspects confessed that the carpenter initiated the deal to kidnap the only son of the family in order to extort money from his parents, he added.
The police spokesman disclosed that the arrest of the suspects and rescue of the boy on Aug. 30, was facilitated by vigilant villagers in Omotosho in Ondo State.
Mba said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
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