Crafty Lagos kidnapper trades two children for N40,000 worth of rice
An unidentified middle-aged man in Lagos allegedly abducted two siblings who were returning from extra-moral class in Satellite area of Lagos.
Thereafter, he exchanged them for two bags of rice in a shop at 63, Marwa Road, near Chemist Bus Stop.
The children are aged eight and 13.
According to Vanguard, the abductor told the sales girl he would like to take two bags of rice to the mother of the children, whom he claimed owned a restaurant close-by, to ascertain whether the rice was the brand she needed.
The owner of the shop, Mrs Silverline, said the abductor told her sales girl the mother of the children needed Indian rice, but her sales girl told him they had Brazilian, not Indian, rice.
The abductor then made a phone call to someone he claimed was the mother of the children and at the end said he would like to take the bags of rice to the woman. The salesgirl, however, insisted on following him to collect the money for the bags (N40,000) should the woman agree to buy them.
The stranger told the sales girl he would ride on a motorcycle with the bags of rice, the girl followed with the children on foot. But on reaching the mentioned restaurant, the owner said she never saw any one with bags of rice, neither did she know the children.
The children later revealed the abductor was not their father.
An eyewitness, Ifeoma John, said immediately the abductor left with the bags of rice, a man who claimed to be the biological father of the children, arrived, alleging that his children could have been hypnotised by the abductor.
He contacted policemen from Satellite Division, who took everyone involved to the station, from where the children were released to their parents.
