A car thief trying to steal an 11-month-old baby was on Monday arrested through the combined efforts of a soldier and area boys in Gbagada, Lagos.

Adebowale Olayinka who narrated the story said a woman parked her car by the road to quickly buy meat in Gbagada. The woman left the engine running because her baby and her grand mother were in the car.

The thief who must have been watching from a distance reportedly kicked the grandmother out of the car and tried to escape with the baby.

“Fortunately a soldier was passing by, immediately he took a bike to run after him, this led to multiple accident on the road and the car stopped working and kidnapper decided locked himself and the baby inside the car in the middle of express way but area boys came to rescue of the baby,” Olayinka said.

“He was caught and was taken to Pedro Police station at Somolu.”

See some of the photos from the scene as shared by witnesses