- By Halimah Olamide
Some pupils of a private school have been reportedly rescued in Lagos after suspected kidnappers attempted to take them away on Monday.
A spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hudenyin, who confirmed the arrest, said: ”At about 3.30 pm, on March 11, 2024, the Headmaster of a school situated at Ijegun area of Lagos, reported at Area ‘M’ Command, that some unknown persons invaded the school and abducted three pupils in the school premises.
“Upon the information, detectives swung into action and led a formidable team to the scene of the crime.
”Furthermore, the culprits were given a hot chase, where one Akintola Alima, a 40-year-old woman, who kidnapped the three pre-nursery children was arrested and the children were rescued.
“However, other unknown suspects escaped with an unregistered motorcycle on sighting the Police”.
The rescued pupils whose identities were given as Sofiat, four years old; Israel, five years old and Mustapher, six years old, according to Hundeyin, had reunited with their families.