How A Man Was Arrested While Fleeing With Five Abducted Children

A man in Ogun State, has reportedly been arrested by the police after he was caught with five children he abducted from the area.

According to PUNCH, 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, said policemen from the Ojodu Abiodun division were alerted to the incident and the suspect was arrested.


The spokesperson for Oba of Isheri-Olofin in Ogun state, Alhaji Saudi Adeshina, said the incident had made them to beef up security in the community to prevent a recurrence.