A resident of Isheri-Olofin, Ogun State, has been arrested by the police
after he was caught with five children he allegedly abducted from the
community.Punch Metro learnt that the suspect, whose name was given simply as Adebayo, had lured the children out of the neighbourhood.
The victims were identified simply as Tunde, 6; Kehinde, 6; Ayo, 7; Ayomide, 8; and Basirat, 8.
It was gathered that some parents of the victims and a large number of
residents had attended a church crusade on Sunday, while the children
played around.
Adebayo, who had moved into the community four days earlier, reportedly
lured the children under false pretences of taking them somewhere for a
treat.
He was about to board a bus at Kara bus stop when a resident, who was
returning from Mowe, Ogun State, met him at the bus stop with the
children.
When the resident, a woman, asked where the children were being taken
to, the suspect reportedly rambled, making her to raise the alarm.
A resident, Taiwo Adetunji, said policemen from the Ojodu Abiodun
division were alerted to the incident and the suspect was arrested.
He said, “A church crusade was held in the community on Sunday, October
8, at about 6pm, which many people attended. The man moved into the
community on October 4 and he was unknown to many people. He cashed in
on the programme to abduct the kids.
“If the woman did not see him at the bus stop, he would have taken the
five children away. We are still wondering how he managed to pick the
children without being challenged by anybody. He probably used charms
because our children don’t normally follow strangers. We have never
witnessed such an incident in the community before.”
A community leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity said he
collected Adebayo’s mobile phone and discovered that he had been
conversing with somebody, who was expected to bring a vehicle that would
take the children away.
“I collected his phone and spoke with his accomplice who was talking to
him. When the caller noticed that my voice was different from Adebayo’s,
he terminated the call. Since then, the person’s line has not been
going through.
“A mob wanted to beat him up at the bus stop, but we cautioned them and
handed him over to policemen from the Ojodu Abiodun division,” he added.
One Fatimo Femi, whose son and grandson were among the victims, said she
was a neighbour to the suspect. She added that she was sleeping when
the news of the abduction filtered into the community.
She said, “The suspect was living with his friend in our compound, but
my children don’t relate with him. I was surprised how he was able to
lure them out of the house.”
Another mother, Mrs. Azeezat Alaran, said Bashirat was playing in Femi’s house when she was abducted.
Abibat Iliyasu, said, “I went to mosque to pray around 4pm on that day.
When I came back, I did not find Ayo at home only to be told that she
had gone to play with her friends in the neighborhood.
“It was someone who later called me on the telephone that my daughter
was kidnapped, but she had been rescued at Kara. I rushed there and met a
crowd.”
The spokesperson for Oba of Isheri-Olofin, Alhaji Saudi Adeshina, said
the incident had made them to beef up security in the community to
prevent a recurrence.
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