by ‘Jola Sotubo

A kidnapper’s den in Lagos State has been raided by operatives of the state police command leading to the arrest of a gang of kidnappers comprising three men.

The criminal gang was said to have terrorized the state as well as neighbouring Ogun State with their specialty being the kidnapping of young boys from both states.

The three members of the gang, identified as Olalekan Benjamin, Gbenga Sholaja and Samson Somorin, met their waterloo after police received a tip-off revealing their illicit activities.

Vanguard reports:

Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozuani, who paraded the suspects before newsmen, said the three kidnappers were currently being detained by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

Ozuani, said the suspects were arrested when the Divisional Police Officer at Igando Police Station, Ben Osuji, received an intelligence report on the gang’s activities and caught a member of the gang at 12, Olowojeunjeje Street, Egan, Igando, Lagos.

He said: “The DPO at Igando, apprehended Benjamin and later transferred him to SARS for further investigation. During interrogation at SARS, the suspect confessed and named some of his gang members as Sholaja and Shomorin, based in Alagbado, Lagos and Owode-Ijako, Ogun State, respectively.

“The officer in charge of SARS, Abba Kyari, arrested the two suspects from their various hideouts. They confessed to have kidnapped three children, one from Omole Phase 1, another from Alagbado area, while the third, was from Owode-Ijako, Ogun State and collected various amounts as ransom from their parents.

“We also discovered during interrogation that Benjamin is a jailbird, who was imprisoned for a similar case in 2009”