The Lagos State Police Command has sealed a
house in Lagos State, 18, Odeniyi Street, Off Bola Isheri Road, Isheri Oshun, where
kidnappers allegedly keep their victims until a ransom was paid.
The Police who raided the place rescued a
kidnap victim, Alhaji Fashola Hammed. According
to reports, the landlord fled but other members of the gang were arrested by
the police including the occupant of the two-bedroom flat, his wife and younger
brother.
It was gathered that the couple, who lived
in the house with their three children, keep victims in the toilet with their
hands and legs chained. The victims’ mouths were also gagged and opened only
when they are to be fed.
The suspects who confessed to committing
the crime and said their role was to keep the victims and take care of them
until ransom was paid. One of the
suspects confessed that the gang kept two oil dealers, Chief Idowu Coker and
Alhaji Fashola Hammed, in the house. He
said Coker paid N20 million, regained his freedom and promised to pay the
balance of N10 million before they were arrested.
Hammed was still in chains in the toilet,
while the kidnappers awaited payment of the N50 million ransom they demanded,
which was yet to be paid before police arrested them. Other members of the gang are currently at
large.
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