The Lagos state police command has arrested a
waiter, one Meshack Felix, for allegedly kidnapping his boss’s grandson.
Lagos police boss, Imohimi Edgal said: “On the
4th of June 2018, the command received a complaint from one Mary Chidi of Dog
Kennel Railway Compound Ebute Metta Lagos that she suspected that one Meshack
Felix who worked as a waiter in her restaurant abducted her three-year-old son
and took him to an unknown destination.
“She also stated that two days after the
disappearance of her son, the said Meshack texted her a Diamond Bank account
number 0081873532 belonging to one Chinecherem Felix demanding a ransom of six
hundred thousand naira (N600,000) else the boy would be killed.”
Edgal added that following the complaint, he
directed the Officer in Charge of the Anti kidnapping Squad to investigate the
kidnapping of the boy.
He said: “The Squad went into action immediately
and covertly located the suspects at Lokpanta Autonomous Community of
Umu-Nneochi LGA Ania State where the two suspects were arrested. The police
rescued the boy unhurt and he has since been reunited with his family”.
Narrating how his son was kidnapped, Mr Chidi
said, “The boy is my only child. He is staying with his mother in my
mother-in-law’s house. My mother-in-law has a restaurant and my boy stays with
her and my wife.
“Sadly, when nobody was paying attention, Meshack
took my son away. He kidnapped him and took him to Abia state. This is a young
man I felt needed help and as an Igbo man like me, I decided to help him. I
gave him my clothes and shoes to help him look good but look at the way he
repaid me.”
Grandmother of the kidnapped boy said: “This is a
boy (Meshack) I helped because he came into my restaurant and begged for a job.
I made a mistake by not asking for a guarantor or do any due diligence. I pay
him N800 every day but he had ulterior motives against me and my family”.
The suspect blamed himself for the kidnapping.
“My brother Chinecherem does not know anything
about the kidnapping,” he said.
“I kidnapped the boy alone and demanded the
ransom so that I can get money to buy equipment for my welding job. I am a
welder by profession but there is no money for me to start on my own business.”
The other suspect, Chinecherem said, ”I am a
trainee Fashion designer in IMO state. My elder brother Meshack called me to
send my bank account to him so he can send me N4000 for feeding. That was how
he got my bank account. When I went to the village and saw the boy with him, he
told me that the boy is his son. I don’t know anything about the kidnapping.”
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