Man Kidnapped Two Children From Celestial Church During Good Friday Service

A middle aged man identified as Sakiru Famuyiwa has reportedly stolen two youngsters from a Celestial Church of Christ in the Ijeja location of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
It was reported that the suspect was, not long, apprehended on Friday after the incident was reported at the Ibara police division.

Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the suspect and an accomplice currently not found had sneaked into the children’s branch in the duration of the Good Friday and stole two children, aged two and three.

The suspects were sighted by way of a member of the church while they were leaving with the children.

The member who saw the suspects leaving immediately raised an alarm and participants of the congregation pursued and effectively apprehended one of them.

Upon the distress call, the DPO of Ibara division, CSP Nasirudeen Oyedele swung into action mobilised his guys and moved to the scene where the suspect was rescued from the angry mob, who Oyeyemi said was about to be lynched.

He additionally stated that the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the switch of the suspect to the anti-kidnapping unit of the State CIID for discreet investigation.

The Commissioner has additionally ordered that the accomplice need to be hunted for and brought to book