Suspected kidnappers posing as land dealers arrested in Lagos

Two suspects allegedly attempting to kidnap a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, her younger brother, and her son, have been arrested by the Lagos Police in Mushin on Saturday.

One of the suspects, Yomi Odudare, who had allegedly been calling Barrister Yisa Theophilus, the younger brother of the female officer, was discovered by the police to be a notorious criminal in the area, as well as being into land selling business.

Police say on the agreed date for the land deal, detectives went along with Yisa, and met the suspect at a project site called Fara-Park in Ajah, Lagos, and he was promptly arrested.

Odudare was said to have confessed that he has never met the lawyer nor any member of his family. He said that the idea to kidnap Yisa, his sister and her son came from one Olugbenga Kehinde Ojo, a former Driver to the Deputy Comptroller’s uncle.

He added that the idea was to kidnap the lawyer and force him to lure out his sister, who is a Deputy Comptroller of Customs.

Odudare was made to call Olugbenga Kehinde Ojo to inform him that he had successfully kidnapped the lawyer. Ojo rushed to the scene, where he was also arrested.

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Both suspects took the police to a shanty, surrounded by water, in Eleko, along Lekki/Epe Expressway, Lagos, which they allegedly prepared as a hostage ground for their would be victims.

Police boss in Lagos, CP Edgal Imohimi, advised Lagosians to be wary of people who call them out for lucrative business deals as it might turn out to be a ploy to kidnap or harm them.