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A middle-aged man identified as Charles Ibeleme who attempted to
exchange a 9-year-old boy for a bag of rice at Olowo Street in the
Mushin area of Lagos State on Wednesday, has been nabbed.
Ibeleme was at the verge of being lynched by an angry mob after he
was caught, when policemen from Olosan Division arrived the scene and
rescued him.
Speaking to newsmen at the scene of the incident, an eyewitness,
who gave her name as Obioma Chineye, was almost exchanging the
9-year-old boy, who was sent to buy pure water, for a bag of rice when
someone, who knew the child, intervened.
“The boy in question is our tenant. He was sent to buy pure
water. On the way, the man called him and he followed him as if he was
hypnotised.
“Meanwhile, the person who sent him on an errand sighted him
when the stranger accosted him. He became curious when the boy passed
where he was supposed to buy the water and ran after the suspect.
“When he asked the stranger what he was doing with the boy, he claimed he was his brother.
“At that moment, the boy came back to his senses and said he did not know him. A mob descended on him, during which
he admitted to be a kidnapper. He said he was taking him to some people
who sent him. He also said that he went into kidnapping because of
hardship,” she said.
While confirming incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, noted that, “Operatives
from Mushin Olosan Division rescued one Charles Ibeleme while being
mobbed by a tumultuous crowd over allegation of attempted kidnap."
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