A 25-year-old member of a gang of kidnappers, Musa Shaibu, arrested in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State, has confessed planning to travel abroad with his share of the ransom money demanded for the release of a victim.
Shaibu was arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command in the Ajegunle area after allegedly abducting the teenage son of a Bureau De Change operator, identified as Hassan, from their residence in Olodi-Apapa.
According to Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, the gang demanded N20 million for the boy’s release.
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“Our intention was not to harm the boy, but to collect the sum of N20 million from his rich father,” Shaibu told investigators.
“I would have travelled overseas with my own share of the money.”
Hundeyin said the arrest followed a report lodged by the victim’s father on May 1, 2025.
“Detectives of the command were immediately deployed to the ransom collection point at a filling station near Wema Bridge in Apapa, where one of the suspects, Musa Shaibu, was apprehended,” he said.
Further investigations led the police to a hotel in Ajegunle, where the victim was rescued unhurt.
However, the manager of the hotel was also arrested and taken into custody for questioning.
The victim has since been reunited with his family, while police say investigations are ongoing to apprehend the remaining gang members.
Similarly, the Lagos State Police Command has rescued two persons who were kidnapped on Thursday at Ijede creekside in the Ikorodu area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos.
Hundeyin explained that the police stormed the scene after receiving a distress call about the incident at 10:00 p.m. on Thursday.
”A distress report was received at Ijede Division indicating gunshots in the vicinity of Ijede Creekside settlement.
”Acting swiftly, combined teams of more than 15 police tactical squads, detectives, conventional policemen, local vigilantes, hunters and the locals were immediately mobilised to the scene.
”On getting there, it was confirmed that two persons whose houses are inside the creek had been attacked and abducted by unidentified hoodlums who fled via the creek and adjoining forest,” he said.
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