Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderantin, yesterday, said the 33-year-old leader of a notorious gang of kidnappers terrorizing Ajah and Epe areas of the state has been arrested.
Aderanti, who made this known at the eight edition of the Security Town Hall meeting organized by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, said two AK-47 rifles were recovered from an unregistered Volkswagen Passat Saloon car belonging to the gang.
Vanguard gathered that the suspect, identified as Anthony Adidi, masterminded the kidnap of Ladi Ene Garba, staff of Keystone Bank, at Eleko area of Lagos and one Patrick, last June at Eleko area of Ajah, as they drove to their houses.
Police sources disclosed that Adidi and his gang, who relocated to Lagos from Delta State, demanded a ransom of N100 million for the release of the victims, but later reduced it to N6 million.
However, operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, rescued the victims six days later in a bush at Elemoro, Ajah.
A member of the gang, who posed as a bricklayer in the bush, was arrested and he provided information that aided SARS operatives in its pursuit of other members of the gang.
A police source, who pleaded anonymity, said Adidi was arrested in August but escaped when SARS attempted to use him to arrest two other members of his gang.
The source said: “An exchange of gunfire ensued between the police and the kidnappers, who Adidi had lured out.
A police source, who pleaded anonymity, said Adidi was arrested in August but escaped when SARS attempted to use him to arrest two other members of his gang.
The source said: “An exchange of gunfire ensued between the police and the kidnappers, who Adidi had lured out.
“They opened fire the moment they saw the officers and Adidi took advantage of the situation to escape.”
Vanguard further gathered that Adidi finally met his Waterloo on October 26, when SARS operatives tracked him down to his hideout at Ekenwan area in Benin, Edo State, and arrested.
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