Abducted Ikorodu Schoolgirls Rescued | Suspect Spills How They Plotted the Kidnap
Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoola and Deborah Akinayo, the three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State who were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday (read here) have been rescued by the police. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, says no ransom was paid to secure the release of the girls.
According to PMNews, the prime suspect in the kidnap, Emmanuel Arigidi, 37, (pictured left) said they were 12 in number who planned the operation, but one of them, Lamiameni, was the one who brought the deal, which was planned at the Majidun area of Lagos.
He said,
“We are 12 in number that carried out the operation. We planned the operation in Majidun and after that, we went to Maya bridge to enter Canoe and went to the school around 8pm. After we gained entrance into the school, we took away three girls and we took them to our hideout.
But along the line, we had disagreement between ourselves and I was actually the one that started it. I told other members of the gang that what we have done is not good and that I don’t like it. I know that security in Lagos State is now tight and I was telling others that there was no way we would get away with this kind of job considering the level of security in the state.
When I told them that we should end the assignment, other members of the gang threatened to kill me and then I took Canoe to run away. Three days after I ran away, operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) then arrested me somewhere in Majidun and that was how I told them how we planned the attack…
One thing I will like to say is that if not for the fact that I was arrested, they would not have seen the girls because I was the one who revealed everything to the police.”
The prime suspect, who said he is a traditional bone setter, said the leader of the gang is called Felix who hails from Edo State, saying that he had not been arrested as he had escaped into the forest with other members of the gang.
He stated that three local guns and four rifles were used in the operation, which he said were brought in by Felix.
Thank God they have been rescued alive and safe. I pray the police sees this case through and they are convicted so that it can serve as a deterrent to others.
Leave that story @ Arigidi, my own happiness is that the girls are back, hale & healthy
Thank God for this awesome performance by the police. These guys should be set ablaze asap.
Merciful father, thank you. Those idiot should not go unpunished
Thank God ooooo!
God is ever faithful
God is still in the business of causing confusion in the enemies’ camp.God answered prayers
So happy for them
Thank God o. Face the music @ wicked soul.
Good
Thank God
See this fool; does he in any way think this his useless confession in any way will make him less culpable for his crimes? Really these criminals think people are fools to be played by them
God is so faithful, so happy the girls are safe now
Tank God
Hmmm na wah oooooo. Thank God they came back alive hale and healthy.
Thank God they are back
Thank God
thank God hey are fine now those kidnapper should be given a capital punishment so that others wont dare it again
Thank God! Prayer requests were sent out by the parents of the girls, a prayer chain was organised last week, and thank God I took out some minutes to join in. God is indeed awesome!
police don dey try smal
This life is terrible, when this issue of abduction happened, 99percent of Christians believed 100percent that its work of Muslim popularly known as “Bokoharam sect”.
But with much dumbfounded situation, look at the name of People that are responsible for this evil Act, My fellow Nigerians let us Unite Our selves, let us stop making allegations to each other, Muslims are more closer to christians than Jews, Jews never believed in any thing Jesus or Isah etc but Muslims do, #Up_Nigeria, #Love_Unity.
Lol, ogay
Kai see wickedness