Lagos state and current Minister of Power, Works
and Housing
On Friday, June 10, men of the Nigerian Police Force
revealed that its operatives at the Inspector General
of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (SIRT)
, tracked down the suspected kidnappers to their
secret abode at Ishaga, Agege and Egbeda, all in
Lagos, and thereafter apprehended three members
In the course of the raid on the suspects, men of the
SIRT recovered a locally made gun. In the process,
two members of the kidnap gang escaped, and they
are still being trailed.
The suspected criminals said it was the need for
cash that made them kidnap the four-year old boy.
The suspects identified themselves as Paul Ibara,
Ifeanyi Obi and Tunde Edu.
While explaining further, Vanguard gathered that Edu
and Obi said Ibara, who always calls himself
‘Mopol’ tricked them to become members of the
gang.
Ibara, 36, is an indigene