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,