The police in Lagos State have commenced investigations into the kidnap of a 43-year-old trader, Mrs. Christiana Gbadamosi.
P.Metro learnt that the victim was kidnapped on her way to her shop in Ikorodu area of the state.
According to police sources, the victim, who has four children, was kidnapped on Saturday.
A source said, “We learnt that on
Saturday, around 7.55am, the victim left her home at Nurudeen Owolabi
Street, Lowa Estate, Ikorodu, and was heading towards her shop at
Ayangburen Road, near Oba Palace, Ikorodu, when she was abducted by some
men.
“Some shops were locked at the time
because traders were mourning the death of the President General of
Market Men and Women, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji. So the area was deserted.”
The source stated that after the
kidnappers had seized the victim, they called her husband, Mr. Mufutau,
and demanded the sum of N25m.
The police source told our correspondent
that investigations revealed that prior to Christiana’s kidnap, the
abductors had attempted to abduct the victim’s 10-year-old son at her
shop last Friday but failed.
He said, “We learnt that the victim’s
son, David, was almost kidnapped last Friday at his mother’s shop. A
strange man asked him (David) to follow him to a particular location but
he was smart enough to turn down the stranger’s request.
“Investigations are ongoing and we will not leave any stone unturned.”
It was however learnt that the matter
had been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad at the state
command’s headquarters.
When our correspondent visited the
Ikorodu home of the victim, there seemed to be no one around as the main
gate was locked and there was no response.
However, a neighbour told our
correspondent that crime in Ikorodu had risen in recent times, adding
that even the poor were not spared by hoodlums.
“We used to have many incidents of
robbery and cult-related violence in the area but recently it seems
kidnapping is also on the increase. We need security agencies to rise up
to the challenge because even poor people are being attacked as well,”
she said.
The state command’s
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said she could not get
the Divisional Police Officer to get the detail of police investigation
into the kidnap. She however promised to call back.
Source: Punch
The husband will need a total cleansing drug or agent to bring the woman back to normal because I am fully aware that all the members of the kidnapping gang must go at least 10 rounds each before the woman is released. I am sorry for this but it is just out of experience not story.... from a ex-victim.
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