The woman who allegedly kidnapped three kids entrusted to her as nanny has confessed that a ransom of N2million was paid for the kids. She said the parents of the kidnapped kids paid the ransom before they abandoned them and absconded.
She confessed that she belongs to a gang of kidnappers comprising herself, her husband, Akeem Kareem, Rasheed Kareem and Joke Oseni all relations of her husband.
The 35 year-old woman who holds an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Land Survey was paraded on Thursday at the Headquarters of Lagos State Police command following her arrest for kidnapping the children left in her care.
Commissioner of police, Lagos State Police Command, Kayode Aderanti said that the kids were abandoned in the building when the kidnappers knew police were closing in on them.
The arrested suspect confessed that the parents of the kidnapped kids paid a ransom before they abandoned them and absconded but added that her husband did not disclose how much was paid.
Recalling how they got the news of their kids and dashed to retrieve them, Leke said: “Immediately we got a call yesterday evening, we went straight to Akowonjo only to discover that our children had been traumatized, badly treated and unfed. The three of them were all naked! They had no clothes, sandals on them. There mosquitoes bites all over
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Kayode Aderanti said that the kids were abandoned in the building when the kidnappers knew police were closing in on them.
Recalling how they got the news of their kids and dashed to retrieve them, Leke said: “Immediately we got a call yesterday evening, we went straight to Akowonjo only to discover that our children had been traumatized, badly treated and unfed. The three of them were all naked! They had no clothes, sandals on them. There are mosquitoes bites all over their bodies. Their bodies were also covered with rashes. We took them to Police College Hospital for treatment. They’ll be there until the doctor discharge them.”
The children’s grandfather, Mr. Elderson Adekunle Adeloko, said the abductors called the family yesterday to go and pick the children at Egbeda after paying a sum of money to a particular bank in Shagamu.
Asked how much was involved, Adeloko said that the family would prefer to keep silent on that.
Adeloko advised parents against going to the internet to recruit housemaids.
His words: “I want to advise parents, young mothers and would be parents not to recruit from all these online advertisers. They are corrupt, not reliable, criminals and kidnappers have over flooded the internet. Before you bring any housemaid to your house, you must know her background very well, you must meet his parents or relatives one on one.” (Naijalately).