How CP Odumosu Rescued Abducted Corps Member, Arrests Kidnapper Inside Swamp

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has proved his operational capacity by personally leading onslaughts that led the rescue of a female Corps member kidnapped and kept in captivity inside swamp in Lagos.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the Police boss coordinated the rescue operation of one Onyiwara Chinwe Faith, a Corps member serving at ABC Farm, Ilamija Nla Village, Epe area of Lagos. He was said to have led the operation which involved exchange of gun fire for several hours before the kidnappers were repelled and the victim was rescued.
This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, who also disclosed that the leader of the kidnappers, Moses Ofeye, 31, from Ondo State, of Ijaw origin, was arrested with gun wounds.
He explained that the victim was taken to the hospital for medical attention for the shock and trauma she experienced which also involved a long distance trek.
“But she is in stable condition. She has just been handed over to the Lagos State Coordinator of the NYSC and her family by the Commissioner of Police” the spokesman answered.

DSP Elkana stated that the victim, Onyiwara Chinwe Faith, was abducted on 29th November, 2019, while on her way to attend CDS meeting at Ilamija, Epe. The abductors demanded for N50 Million ransom but later reduced it to N400,000 from the Farm Manager to be dropped at Ijebu Ososa area. But no ransom was paid.
The Lagos State Coordinator of the NYSC and family of the rescued Corps member were filled with gratitude to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police for rescuing their daughter.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the operation was bloody as well as risky because it was carried out early in the morning and lasted till 2am yet the CP, Mr. Odumosu, was unperturbed and successfully carried out the rescue operation.