Kidnappers' Den Discovered In Lagos

Lagos police reportedly shut the kidnappers’ den
where the captors kept their victims until the ransom
was paid.
Some of the suspected kidnappers paraded with armed
robbery suspects
The house used by the abductors was is located in Isheri
Oshun area of Lagos State, P.M. News reports.
The locals narrated that the landlord of the house, who
harboured the suspects, fled. Some of the suspects were
arrested after a victim had been rescued.
The police raided the kidnappers’ den and released one
Alhaji Fashola Hammed. Following which they locked
the building.
It was learnt yesterday, December 1, that Kelvin
Igah, his wife, Ogechi, and Kelvin’s younger brother,
Victor, were arrested. Kelvin and Ogechi had 3 of
their children living with them.
The house used for keeping the kidnapped victims
The suspects allegedly chained their victims in the toilet,
taped their mouths thus nobody was aware of the crime
taking place in the building.
The suspects, paraded last week by the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode
Aderanti, confessed to the crime disclosing their role in
the gang was taking care of the victims until the ransom
was paid.
According to Kelvin it was there his gang kept two oil
magnates, Chief Idowu Coker and Alhaji Fashola
Hammed.
While Coker later paid N20 million and promised to
pay N10 million more, Hammed was still chained in the
toilet when the operatives arrived, and the abductors
demanded N50 million.
Unfortunately, kidnapping is a widespread crime in
Nigeria. In one of the recent stories related to this
offence a traumatized woman, who escaped from the
captors, narrated how the criminals treated her in the
den and even threatened to kill her.