A WOMAN DISGUISED AS MAD WOMAN WITH PHONES AND ATM CARD AT OBADEYI
A woman disguised as mad woman caught with phones and ATM card at the Obadeyi Ajala in Lagos
Afeez Hanafi
Three new suspects have been arrested at a suspected den of kidnappers and ritual killers in the Obadeyi - Ijaiye end of the Lagos - Abeokuta Expressway.
Two of the suspects , a woman and a man , allegedly disguised as mentally -challenged persons, but the latter was said to have later confessed to being a member of a kidnap gang.
We learnt that three phones, an Automated Teller Machine card and two loaves of bread , were recovered in a bag found with the woman , while the man had some clothes in his bag.
It had been reported that the den , an uncompleted building, was uncovered around 8am on Tuesday after a highway sweeper with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency alerted residents to the voice of a distressed woman in a drainage channel in the area .
Our correspondent reported that a crowd gathered around the two ends of the drains during which five persons came out through the channel .
Two of them were set ablaze by a mob, while three others were rescued by the police.
Clothes , slippers and bags believed to be effects of abductees , were found in the building.
But the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni , said it was too early to tag the building a kidnappers ’ hideout , adding that “ scientific investigations” would be carried out on the items .
We learnt that around 10pm on Tuesday, the police succeeded in dispersing the crowd, which resumed in the early hours of Wednesday.
A resident, Bolaji Adams , told our correspondent at the scene that a mad woman was seen moving towards the drains at about 11am and people confronted her.
He said , “ The woman should be in her 40s . She wore tattered clothes and had a bag. We saw her going towards the drainage channel. When we checked the bag, we found two loaves of bread, some pieces of fish , three phones and an ATM card.
“ People did not even listen to her; they started beating her . Policemen intervened and she was rescued . ”
Another eyewitness , Oluwaseun Aluko , corroborated Adams’ statement , adding that a man wearing wigs was caught about 30 minutes later .
Aluko said , “ In my observation , the woman was taking the food to other members of the gang. What is a ‘ mad’ woman doing with three phones ? As we continued to watch , the man suddenly appeared around the drainage channel . Some people confronted him , but he was talking incoherently. We saw some clothes and used exercise books in his load . We decided to let him go . ”
Aluko said as the man was going, somebody charged the crowd that he should be interrogated further on the contents of the load .
we removed the wigs he wore and saw his natural hair. As we wanted to beat him , he confessed that he was a member of the gang. He made the confession in the presence of policemen, who took him away.
“ There are still many suspects lurking around the drain and we won ’ t leave until they are all apprehended . After all , one of the suspects arrested yesterday ( Tuesday) said they were close to 24 in numbers, ” he added.
Afeez Hanafi
Three new suspects have been arrested at a suspected den of kidnappers and ritual killers in the Obadeyi - Ijaiye end of the Lagos - Abeokuta Expressway.
Two of the suspects , a woman and a man , allegedly disguised as mentally -challenged persons, but the latter was said to have later confessed to being a member of a kidnap gang.
We learnt that three phones, an Automated Teller Machine card and two loaves of bread , were recovered in a bag found with the woman , while the man had some clothes in his bag.
It had been reported that the den , an uncompleted building, was uncovered around 8am on Tuesday after a highway sweeper with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency alerted residents to the voice of a distressed woman in a drainage channel in the area .
Our correspondent reported that a crowd gathered around the two ends of the drains during which five persons came out through the channel .
Two of them were set ablaze by a mob, while three others were rescued by the police.
Clothes , slippers and bags believed to be effects of abductees , were found in the building.
But the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni , said it was too early to tag the building a kidnappers ’ hideout , adding that “ scientific investigations” would be carried out on the items .
We learnt that around 10pm on Tuesday, the police succeeded in dispersing the crowd, which resumed in the early hours of Wednesday.
A resident, Bolaji Adams , told our correspondent at the scene that a mad woman was seen moving towards the drains at about 11am and people confronted her.
He said , “ The woman should be in her 40s . She wore tattered clothes and had a bag. We saw her going towards the drainage channel. When we checked the bag, we found two loaves of bread, some pieces of fish , three phones and an ATM card.
“ People did not even listen to her; they started beating her . Policemen intervened and she was rescued . ”
Another eyewitness , Oluwaseun Aluko , corroborated Adams’ statement , adding that a man wearing wigs was caught about 30 minutes later .
Aluko said , “ In my observation , the woman was taking the food to other members of the gang. What is a ‘ mad’ woman doing with three phones ? As we continued to watch , the man suddenly appeared around the drainage channel . Some people confronted him , but he was talking incoherently. We saw some clothes and used exercise books in his load . We decided to let him go . ”
Aluko said as the man was going, somebody charged the crowd that he should be interrogated further on the contents of the load .
we removed the wigs he wore and saw his natural hair. As we wanted to beat him , he confessed that he was a member of the gang. He made the confession in the presence of policemen, who took him away.
“ There are still many suspects lurking around the drain and we won ’ t leave until they are all apprehended . After all , one of the suspects arrested yesterday ( Tuesday) said they were close to 24 in numbers, ” he added.
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