Gunfire
rocked the Lanre, Igando area of Lagos as teams of policemen from
Anti-Kidnapping Squad and Special Anti- Robbery Squad stormed a kidnappers’
hideout to
rescue a white man.
The
operation was led by the officer in charge of Anti-Kidnapping Squad, a Chief
Superintendent of Police (CSP), Mr Akinade Adejobi, and the second in command
of SARS, a Superintendent of Police (SP), Mr. Amadu Adamu.
The
policemen, who surrounded the building, before storming in, found the white man
tied.
They also
recovered four AK47 rifles, fully loaded, two English pistols, 60 magazines and
5,000 ammunition. The kidnappers are suspected to have scampered on getting
information that policemen were already onto them. It was gathered that in
their attempt to escape, the abductors abandoned their cache of arms.
According to
a police source, the teams of police were instructed by the state’s
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, to go after the kidnappers,
immediately he received information about the abduction of the white man.
The victim
was said to have been rescued less than 24 hours after he was abducted. It was
also gathered that the policemen had been tracking the kidnappers since
Thursday.
The search
narrowed down to a building located at the Igando area of the metropolis, close
to the Igando Police Station.
The rescue
operation took off around 4pm and before 6pm, it was over. Residents of Igando,
who heard the area rocking with gunshots, thought armed robbers were in
operation. The Lagos Police Command Headquarters was filled with jubilation as
the team of policemen arrived with the recovered weapons and still badly shaken
victim.
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