The female kidnapper caught in Okokomaiko
area of Lagos State while trying to abduct a
young child on her way to school on Monday,
July 11, has made more damning revelations
which is a wake up call for parents around the
area and indeed, the whole state, to be more
vigilant and keep watch over their kids more
diligently.
It turned out that the woman who claimed to be
27-year-old, is part of a kidnap syndicate »
who came into the country from neighbouring
Benin Republic, to kidnap children for sale.
The woman who was almost lynched, confessed
that she is part of a 28-team of child abductors
who come to Nigeria to abduct children and all
of them are given targets by their bosses.
According to a witness, the lady who initially
pretended to be a lunatic when she was first
caught, suddenly became 'normal' when she saw
that the mob was hell-bent on setting her ablaze
and promptly confessed.
This is how the witness described the scene:
"Obviously scared for her life when she was
realised the crowd was bent on setting her on fire,
the kidnapper began to divulge information of her
activities.
This is what she said: 'We were 27 women that
came as a syndicate from Benin Republic. Each
woman was given five phones to contact their
buyers once the targets, mainly little children,
were found.
We then discard the phone after transactions to
avoid been traced. The abduction is for outright
sale, not for a ransom.'"
Another resident who lamented the cases of
missing children in the area in the past, with the
police doing practically nothing to curb the
menace, said:
“In the last one year, the trend of women
kidnapping children has been on the increase.
Fortunately, some of the women involved have
been caught in recent times and they are always
rescued from the mob and whisked away by the
police. But the sad thing is that nothing is ever
heard of the outcome again."
"If the Nigerian Police is a serious outfit, one of
such ‘arrests’ is enough lead to get to the root of
this syndicate and crack it.”