The Nigerian Police Force foiled a kidnap attempt in Lagos State on Monday, Ben Hundeyin, Lagos State Police Command spokesman, told the Nigerian press yesterday.
The group of kidnappers seized three pupils from a school (name not mentioned) in the Ijegun area of Lagos State after school hours. The pupils were aged four, five, and six.
Hundeyin said the head of the school quickly put a call across to the police, and officers were promptly mobilized for a rescue mission.
“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,” the police spokesman said. But other gang members escaped with an unregistered motorbike.
—Ezinwanne Onwuka reports for TruthNigeria from Abuja.
