Police Nab Notorious Female Kidnapper In Oyo

Posted on November 21, 2022

MICHAEL AKINOLA

 

Detectives from the State Criminal Investigations Department of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected notorious 28-year old female kidnapper, Joy Kolapo.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that her arrest followed painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering into the abduction of a 3-year old boy, Bright, on 27th October, 2022, in Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
The suspect was arrested in Omi Adio area of Oyo State on 12th November, 2022, with another victim, Moses, aged 7, who she had also kidnapped in Olopo Meta area of Oyo State.
Discrete Police investigation led to the rescue of the victim, Bright, in Akute area of Ogun State, same day the suspect was arrested.
Further investigation revealed that the suspect, Joy, was a neighbor to Bright’s parents and had received the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Naira (N55,000) from his parents for his return. Thereafter, the suspect took the victim to her friend’s shop in Akute begging her friend to babysit the child while she went shopping but never showed up again. The friend immediately notified the Police at Ojodu Abiodun Division about the abandoned child.
The suspect then travelled down to Oyo State after leaving Akute, kidnapped another victim, Moses, demanded and received the sum of Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000) from his parents before she was eventually arrested.
The boys have been rescued unhurt by the Police and reunited with their parents.

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