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| Lagos Police PRO, Ngozi Braide |
Four days after he was abducted by members of a kidnap gang in Lagos, the victim, a Briton was yesterday rescued by police operatives attached to the Lagos State Police Command after detailed investigation led to the discovery of the gang's hideout.
The state command had on Friday expressed optimism that the Briton who was abducted on Wednesday along the Murtala Mohammed Airport Road, Ikeja, would be rescued going by the leads at their disposal.
It was gathered that a combined team of operatives drawn from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) led by the Officer-in-Charge, SP Abba Kyari and and their counterpart from the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB), had uncovered the suspects hideout.
The operatives of both units were said to have stormed the uncompleted uncompleted two-storey building at the Okota-Isolo area of the state and rescued the victim. Although the team had also arrested one of the gang members, it was not clear if the other gang members had fled based on a tip-off that the rescue team were on the way.
However, sources said the kidnappers had initially demanded a ransom of one million dollars but had expressed willingness to negotiate. Police sources said the detectives were able to track the suspects through the phone number they had used to contact the family of the victim to negotiate the terms of the ransom.
Although attempts to confirm from the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, proved abortive as she did not answer the several calls put across to her, she had however in an earlier interview told THISDAY that the state Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko had detailed a crack team of investigators to unravel the incident and rescue the victim from the clutches of his abductors.
The Briton was abducted after the kidnappers had first opened fire on the vehicle conveying him to his destination, which left the driver injured.
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