The State Security Service, Lagos State Command, has arrested a
48-year-old man, Samson Adebayo, for allegedly arranging the kidnap of
his nine-year-old son, Emmanuel, and demanding a ransom of N350, 000.
According to the SSS, Adebayo had solicited the help of his
girlfriend, Kehinde Alonge, to kidnap Emmanuel from his residence at 2,
Solomon Street, Ilu-Nla, Aradagun, Badagry.
The director, SSS, Lagos State, Mr. Ben Achu-Olayi, said Adebayo
reported the incident to security agents, pretending to be distraught.
He said, “On October 7, 2013, the command received a report from
Adebayo Samson, who complained that his son was kidnapped on October 3.
“Consequently, the command swung into action with the aim of rescuing
the victim and arresting the culprits. Preliminary investigations
confirmed the kidnapping by Alonge, who had demanded a N350, 000 ransom.
“She demanded that the ransom be paid into a United Bank of Africa
account 2050908899, belonging to one Taiwo Faloye. Unknown to the
suspects, we had set up a flag on the account with the bank’s
cooperation and were alerted when N230, 000 was remitted.”