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Undercover cops foil kidnap of 2-yr-old, nab serial kidnapper
The long arm of the law has eventually caught up with a serial kidnapper identified as Suleiman Seidu after he was caught by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
According to reports, the kidnap kingpin was plotting the abduction of a two-year-old with two of his friends but unknown to the group, the police had gotten wind of their plot.
The suspect according to a police source was later arrested in the Owode area of Ogun State after a member of the RRS decoy team had infiltrated the kidnap gang.
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“We got a hint about the kidnap from one of the two persons that the prime suspect contracted. The man was not okay with the idea, so he came to tell us.” The source said.
Continuing, the source added that; “A female member of the RRS decoy team joined the gang. She was given the job of taking care of members and the child after his abduction. For more than two weeks while the operation took shape, the investigator, pretending as an accomplice, got information from the prime suspect.
“The suspect told our mole that he had a motorcycle to aid him in the abduction of the boy, adding that the ransom would be N10m. He said the boy’s father was a landlord and a dealer in electrical appliances.”
Confirming the arrest of the kidnapper, SP Dolapo Badmos, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, informed that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation into the matter was concluded.
“The suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation,” The Lagos PPRO added.
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