Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a woman for allegedly abducting three children in Ado Ekiti.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Sunday Abutu affirmed that the woman was arrested after some residents around INEC Office, Bank Road, Ado-Ekiti raised an alarm that a strange woman, one Mrs Kazeem Tawa attempted to abduct three School Children.
According to him, upon the receipt of the information from the good samaritan, a team of joint patrol, comprising the Police, Army and other security agencies put in place by The Executive Governor of Ekiti State was dispatched to scene immediately and was able to rescue the children and apprehended the suspect.
The children while narrating their ordeal told the team that the woman pleaded with them to help her carry her bag containing some items to an unknown destination.
According to them, they refused initially but after a few moment of conversing with the woman, they became unconscious and started following the woman with her bag.
” It took the quick intervention of some mechanics around who noticed their suspicious movement to stop them. When asked about the children, she claimed that the children belong to her. But the scenario changed immediately when the children countered her that she was not their mother”.
During interrogation by the personnel of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the woman could not satisfactorily state her mission and reason for trying to lead the school children to an unknown destination.
Mr Abutu said Investigation was ongoing and as soon as it is completed, the suspect would be charged to Court.
Items recovered are: charm, soft drinks, oranges, drugs, adult/children slippers, fresh banana, maggi, garri, clothes, INEC jackets, and others.
