How 2 Sisters Attempted to Kidnap 3 Children in Lagos

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Two sisters have been arrested by policemen in Iddo area of Lagos State for allegedly kidnapping three children from an Air Force base.

Thisday reports:

Although the location of the Air force base was yet to be identified, the eldest of the kids who was identified as Happiness Effiong, said they were abducted from an Air Force base. The four-year-old had repeatedly debunked claims by the eldest of the suspects, Eno, that she was their mother, rather she said her parents lived in an Air Force base.

It was gathered that the suspects had roused the suspicion of other passengers in a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) when they could not appease the cries of the youngest of the kids. Aged about four-months-old, the infant had cried furiously without abating, prompting the other passengers to intervene. Although she was asked to at least breastfeed or cajole the baby, she refused, thus arousing the suspicion of the passengers.

The passengers then proceeded to ask the eldest, Happiness of her relationship with the suspect and she said they were taken away from their home. Immediately they got to the bus stop at Iddo, the passengers notified the police, who after some preliminary questions arrested her and her teenage sister.

At the police station, the suspect said the kids could not recognise her because she was just released after having spent two years in detention. She said, “I was arrested by the environmental Task force two years ago and I was locked up. I just came out and that is why my children could not recognise me. Happiness was just two years old when I was arrested. I did not kidnap them. They are my kids.”

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However, the police poked holes in her testimony when she gave different locations where she picked up the kids from. First she had claimed she picked them up from Iyana -Oba, later she said it was from Ikorodu but once again changed her claims to Igando.

When contacted, the Spokesperson of the Air Force Logistics Command, Squadron Leader Reginald Obi-Obasi, promised to find out which of the Air Force bases those kids were allegedly picked up from.

We will keep you posted as the story develops.