The lord of the kidnapping squad was caught at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, in an attempt to flee to Dubai in the United Arab Emirate (UAE).
Apart from the kingpin, whose identity was not made public, another suspect was also arrested in connection with the crime. Police detectives, acting on tip-off and intelligence, monitored the movement of the syndicate’s ringleader.
This made the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, to inform his Lagos counterpart, Fatai Owoseni, who immediately swung into action, leading to the arrest of the suspect.
A top security source, who was involved in the rescue operation, disclosed that the kingpin was picked up on Tuesday.
He said: “We just monitored his movement as the ringleader of the syndicate and we got intelligence about his movement and that’s how we were able to pick him. When we got the information, the CP Ogun informed CP Lagos and the CP Lagos swung into action immediately and the kingpin was arrested.”
“They even threatened me and every other person. They said they will teach me, the IG, the Brigade Commander and all others lesson. They were abusing everybody on phone, but we thank God the way it was resolved.”
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