Police arrest 3 men for planning the kidnap of a Lagos businessman

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Sunday Nwankwo and two employees of an oil and gas merchant, AguIzu Chukwu, 19, and Tunde Olaewo, 21, for their alleged plan to kidnap their boss, one Solomon Otungo, in the Ejigbo area of the state.

Zubairu Mu’azu,, the state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Mu’azu, made this known at a press briefing, on Thursday.

He said;
“The police received credible intelligence received that some newly-employed workers of one Solomon Otungo, an oil and gas merchant in the Bucknor area of Ejigbo, Lagos, were holding nocturnal meetings on how they would kidnap and keep their employer incommunicado until a ransom of N60m was paid. .

“Based on the information, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ejigbo Police Station, CSP Olabisi Okuwobi, mobilised police detectives and stormed the venue of the meeting, where AguIzu Chukwu, 19, and Tunde Olaewo, 21, were rounded up and brought to the station. .

“The confessional statements of the suspects led to the arrest of one Sunday Nwankwo in the Isolo area of the state. The suspects have confessed to the crime and added that had their plan succeeded, they would have demanded N60m ransom from the businessman’s family.” .
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The suspects will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.


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