27-year-old female kidnapper nabbed in Ogun

Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old woman, Mariam Ayila for kidnapping of 13- year- old girl Sofiat Yusau. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, following a report lodged at Agbara divisional headquarters by one Ismail Yusau, who reported that, he sent his daughter on errand to Agbara market at about 11:00a.m of the day, only to receive a strange call hours after from an unknown person, who informed him that his daughter had been kidnapped, and that if he didn’t send the sum of N250,000 as ransom, he will never set his eyes on the girl again.

Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Agbara division, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Abiodun Salau, mobilised crack detectives, who embarked on technical and intelligence-based investigation, according to the police report.

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  “Their efforts yielded positive results when the suspect was traced to her hideout at Atan Ota area, where she was promptly arrested and the little girl was rescued unhurt.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had earlier kidnapped a young girl at Itele Ota area on December 19, 2022, and ransom paid to her before she released her victim,” the police said.

MEANWHILE, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be handed over to the Anti kidnapping unit of the state’s Criminal Investigation and Intelligence  Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.

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