Passersby Save Okada Man From Slaughter

Two men who attempted to slaughter a commercial motorcyclist, a.k.a Okada rider after dispossessing him of his money and motorcycle have been arrested by the police in Lagos.

The men were arrested in Ayobo, Lagos State by the Abba Kyari-led Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.

The suspects, Yusuf Marvel and Umaru Farouk were alleged to have lured an Okada rider at Lanre Bus Stop, Ayobo and tricked him to take them to Layeni Bus Stop.

They allegedly pounced on the hapless Okada rider at the bus stop, collected his money, motorcycle and were about to slaughter him with their knife when some passersby saw them.

They left the victim in a pool of blood and ran away but were chased by the passersby  who caught them and handed them over to the police.

The Okada rider was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where doctors are battling to save his life.

One of the suspects, Umaru blamed his accomplice, Yusuf for hatching the plot, adding that he only assisted him to hold the victim.

Both suspects are to be charged to court soon, a SARS source told P.M.NEWS....

— Dedeigbo Ayodeji

P.M News Nigeria

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Police Foil Attempt To Sell Girl For N0.9m

For allegedly kidnapping and attempting to sell a three-year old girl for N900,000, a pregnant woman has been arrested by the police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

The suspect, simply identified as Lilian, was arrested last night in a popular hotel in Palmgrove, Lagos, while trying to collect a balance of N500,000 from a disguised buyer.

Police sources said that an advance payment of N400,000 had already been made into her account by the ‘buyer.’

The suspect who is being detained at Pedro Police Station in Bariga allegedly kidnapped the girl in Owerri, Imo State, southeast Nigeria, about a month ago and brought her to Lagos to sell her.

Sources said that the police got hint of the matter when a woman lodged a complaint at the station, claiming that her sister’s daughter had been kidnapped in Owerri.

Policemen in Owerri then gave the police in Lagos the telephone number of Lilian who had previously been investigated for a similar offence.

The telephone number was then passed to the woman in Lagos. It was learnt that the woman in Lagos disguised as a buyer and agreed to buy the girl for N900,000.

She then made an advance payment of N500,000 into Lilian’s account and was to pay a balance of N400,000 last night for the delivery.

It was when the suspect was trying to collect the balance last night that she was arrested by the police.

However, the girl recovered was not the girl missing in Owerri although both were of the same age.

— Paul Sanusi, Dedeigbo Ayodeji & Lucky Lawal

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