POLICE RESCUE SUSPECTED CHILD TRAFFICKER FROM BEING LYNCHED
By Adeola Abdullah
Police operatives attached to Surulere Division of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued one Ayomide Fawehinmi ‘m’ aged 22 from a mob for allegedly stealing a child at the Empire area of Surulere.
The suspect was rescued and thereafter arrested after a distress call was received from members of the community about the mob action.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect lured a 15-year-old boy from his mother’s shop and was taking him to an unknown destination before he was accosted by a neighbour who raised the alarm. The suspect had already dispossessed the boy of an Itel android phone to cut off communication with his mother.
While the boy has been rescued unhurt and the phone recovered, investigation is ongoing to establish the full extent of the suspect’s culpability. Suspect would be arraigned contingent on the outcome of the investigation.
In a press release, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, he said; the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, commends residents of Lagos State for always promptly alerting the authorities to suspicious person/happenings and sternly warns member of the public to desist from jungle justice as it is a crime in itself.
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