A 35-year-old man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, was, on Friday, arrested at the Ijeja Area of Abeokuta by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stealing two children during a church service.
A release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/99.16/04/2022, by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated that the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by policemen at the Ibara Divisional Headquarters.
According to Oyeyemi, while Good Friday service was going on at Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Ijeja, the suspect and one other who is now at large, sneaked into the children department and stole two children, aged two and three years old.
“On their way out with the stolen children, a vigilant member of the church sighted them and raised alarm, consequence upon which the congregants pursued them and apprehended one of them.
“Upon the distress call, the DPO Ibara Division, CSP Nasirudeen Oyedele, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene where the suspect was rescued from angry mob who were about to lynch him,” the release added.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Anti-Kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
As disclosed by DSP Oyeyemi, the Commissioner of Police also directed that the accomplice must be hunted for and brought to book.
