wonders: Tyre Repairer Kidnaps His Own Son, Demands N350,000 Ransom
48-year-old man, Samson Adebayo, for allegedly arranging the kidnap of
his nine-year-old son, Emmanuel, and demanding a ransom of N350, 000.
According to the SSS, Adebayo had solicited the help of his
girlfriend, Kehinde Alonge, to kidnap Emmanuel from his residence at
2, Solomon Street, Ilu-Nla, Aradagun, Badagry.
The director, SSS, Lagos State, Mr. Ben Achu-Olayi, said Adebayo
reported the incident to security agents, pretending to be distraught.
He said, "On October 7, 2013, the command received a report from
Adebayo Samson, who complained that his son was kidnapped on October
3.
"Consequently, the command swung into action with the aim of rescuing
the victim and arresting the culprits. Preliminary investigations
confirmed the kidnapping by Alonge, who had demanded a N350, 000
ransom.
"She demanded that the ransom be paid into a United Bank of Africa
account 2050908899, belonging to one Taiwo Faloye. Unknown to the
suspects, we had set up a flag on the account with the bank's
cooperation and were alerted when N230, 000 was remitted."
He said Alonge was arrested when she went to withdraw the money from a
UBA branch at Ilesha, Osun State, adding that during interrogation,
Alonge, a hairdresser, fingered the victim's father.
He said, "Following Alonge's confession, Adebayo was arrested. He
confessed that he planned his son's kidnap in order to extort money
from some of his church members and sympathisers."
Achu-Olayi warned parents to avoid endangering the lives of their
children for the sake of money.
He said, "We have noticed that crimes of this nature are usually
committed by parents or close relations and we are warning them that
we will not tolerate such acts."
The suspects, however, traded blame over the incident when our
correspondent spoke with them.
Adebayo accused Alonge of coming up with the plan in order to raise
N200, 000 for a beauty salon. Alonge however denied this.
She said, "I was in Ilesha when he (Adebayo) called me to come to
Lagos that some people owed him money. He said the only way to collect
the money from them was for me to come and take his son away, while he
pretends that he had been kidnapped.
"I came to Lagos on October 4, 2013. I intended going to the school to
pick the boy but Adebayo advised that I pick him from the house. Since
the children knew me, I told the boy to follow me to get something
outside, only to enter the next available vehicle to Ilesha, Osun
State.
"His father even gave me N3,000 for transport. When we got to Ilesha,
he sent another N3, 750 worth of recharge cards for his feeding. He
even called his son on the telephone on daily basis.
"He was the one that asked me to demand N350, 000 but at the end of
the bargain, he said I should accept N200,000. Since I had no bank
account, I asked one of my relatives to give me his account details.
But we were arrested at the point of withdrawal."
Adebayo said, "I agreed to the plan because I was broke. I have been a
vulcaniser for 20 years and I am poor. I have two kids and my wife is
at a church, where she is being healed of paralysis.
"Kehinde was the one that brought up the idea that we should kidnap my
son and I agreed because I needed the money too. My share would have
been N100, 000 if we had succeeded.
"I feel so ashamed of myself because what I did was wrong. I hope the
government forgives me and let me go home. I won't do it again."
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