Six days later, kidnapper who overdosed on Tramadol still sleeping

Mr. Femi Joseph, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer has revealed that the kidnapper who was arrested in a failed attempt to kidnap a shop owner is still sleeping six days after he was taken into police custody.

According to the state PPRO, a 400mg tablet of Tramadol was recovered from the pocket of the sleeping suspect which raised suspicion that the suspect may have overdosed on the drug before carrying out the operation.

The police said the suspect and his gang members had stormed a pharmacy shop in the state in an attempt to kidnap its owner who raised an alarm and escaped through the back door of his shop.

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Reports say other gang members on realizing that their target had fled the scene, took to their heels while the overdosed suspect tried to escape on a motorcycle but stumbled.

The PPRO said, “As of today (Friday), the suspect had yet to wake up. Maybe he took too much of the drug, that is why he is still sleeping. We have tried all we could to make him regain his consciousness to no avail.

“However, we are still watching him to find out if he is pretending. We are with him and he would face the music no matter how long he is unconscious.”

 

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