The Anti-kidnapping Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, has smashed
a kidnapping syndicate at Agbowa, Ikorodu, leading to the arrest of
27-year-old Austine Inuesokan Ebimiyenwei, a native of Arogbo Azapa
community of Ese-Odo LGA, Ondo state and recovery of corpse of one
Festus Abama who died during exchange of fire while two escaped with
bullet wounds.The Command had on November 13th and 16th respectively,
received two separate reports from one Suleiman Eniola Ajumobi and one
Veronica Ewuru 'f ' about the kidnapping of their daughter and husband
respectively. While Suleiman Eniola Ajumobi reported that his 7-year-old
daughter was kidnapped from his house in his presence, Veronica Ewuru
stated that her husband, one DSP Patrick Ewuru, a police officer
attached to Force Headquarters annex, Obalende, was kidnapped from their
house in the night when the victim came out to check on the Power
Generating Set that suddenly stopped working.The kidnappers demanded for
ransom of twenty five million Naira (N25,000,000) from Mr Suleiman and
ten million Naira (N10,000,000 ) from the family of DSP Patrick Ewuru
but later settled for five hundred thousand Naira (N500,000) for both
families.At this point, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Edgal
Imohimi, directed operatives handling the matter to play along with the
Kidnappers in the interest of the victims who were still in captivity.
As soon as the release of the two victims was secured, the Kidnappers
hideout at Agbowa was busted and the aforementioned Kidnapper was killed
in the ensuing gun battle while Austine Inuesokan Ebimiyenwei
surrendered.The suspect confessed to the crime and victims have
identified both the deceased and Austine Inuesokan Ebimiyenwei as those
who kidnapped them. Concerted effort is being made to arrest those on
the run while the suspect already in police custody will be charged to
court.
