Outrage As Missing Boy, 13, Is Found Tied Up In His Mother’s Friend’s House In Lagos

Residents in Ikorodu, Lagos have been angry after a 13-year-old teenager who had been missing for three days was found tied up in his mother’s friend’s apartment.

According to information gathered, a female suspect who allegedly kidnapped the boy for over three days, was on Saturday, October 22, 2016, apprehended by security operatives after the case was reported at the Igbogbo Police Station and the Onyabo vigilante group.

The boy was found with his mouth gagged and hands tied in the woman’s apartment. Sources claim that the woman was a friend to the victim’s mother, InsideMainland gathered.

”The boy usually comes to the compound to assist her mother’s friend to fetch water and do other chores. He is a friendly boy who goes about his activities with smiles all over his face. He was declared missing for three days and the case was reported at the Igbogbo Police Station and to the Onyabo vigilante group, ” a resident said.

The suspect was arrested on Saturday morning when her neighbours overheard strange voices coming from her flat. They ran a check but found nothing.

However, the voice continued and a call was placed to the suspect who was away from the house at that point. She denied knowledge of the happenings in her flat. The neighbours informed the Police when some strangers were seen around her flat.

The security team rushed to the scene and eventually found the boy with his hands tied and mouth gagged in her flat.

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