A 26-year-old nursing mother, Mrs. Adetola Adelani, has been rescued from her abductors by officers of the Lagos State Police Command.

The victim after regaining freedom told police officers that her friend, Jackie, lured her to a hotel in Ajah, drugged and kidnapped her with the help of one Ahmed Olaoluwa.   

Adelani, who was allegedly kidnapped on April 30, was rescued on May 15, after her abductors used her husband’s ATM card in her possession to withdraw the sum of N126, 000 fro his account.

She recalled that she left home around 1:00 pm on April 30, to go and buy petrol when Jackie called and asked her to come for a meeting at City Spice Hotel, Ajah.

The state Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who briefed journalists on the incident said,

“On reaching the hotel, she met Jackie with someone she introduced as Ahmed Olaoluwa. Her friend then collected a whitish powdery substance suspected to be cocaine from Olaoluwa and gave to the victim to sniff that it would be good for her.

“She sniffed the power and became weak. In her state of stupor, she was led by Olaoluwa and one Muri Adeleye, who later joined them to a United Bank for Africa (UBA) Automated Teller Machine (ATM) gallery in Ikota, where she was made to withdraw the sun of N126,000 for them from her husband’s account.

“She was kept in City Spice Hotel, Ikota for 24 hours and was later moved to Mirage Hotel. She was again taken by the suspects to withdraw more money only for them to realise that the account has been blocked.

“This made the suspects to collect her phone and detain her for two weeks hoping that the account would be unblocked for them to get more money.”

The commissioner said the victim’s husband blocked the account after he received a debit alert of N126,000 from his account and his wife’s number was not going through.

He said,

“After calling her mother to find out if she was at their residence in Surulere and got a negative response, the victim’s husband, Michael Salawu, was said to have gone to the nearest bank to block his account.

“When the nursing mother was not seen till about 7pm, the police boss said her mother lodged a complaint at the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and an investigation commenced.

“Two suspects Ahmed Olaoluwa, 41, and Muri Adeleye, 29, were arrested on May 19, at Mirage Hotel, Ikota. They confessed to the crime. Victim’s phone and various charms were recovered from them.”