A 22-year-old suspected child trafficker, Ayomide Fawehinmi was on Monday, rescued from a mob action after allegedly stealing a child at the Empire area of Surulere in Lagos State.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in statement posted on the Command’s official twitter handle @LagosPoliceNG.
According to him, the suspect was rescued by operatives attached to Surulere Police Division and thereafter arrested.
Hundeyin said the division had received a distress call from members of the community about the mob action against the suspect, and the operatives were mobilised to the scene, who saved the day.
He said, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect lured a 15-year-old boy from his mother’s shop and was taking him to an unknown destination before he was accosted by a neighbour who raised the alarm.
“The suspect had already dispossessed the boy of an Itel android phone to cut off communication with his mother.
“While the boy has been rescued unhurt and the phone recovered, investigation is ongoing to establish the full extent of the suspect’s culpability. Suspect would be arraigned contingent on the outcome of the investigation.”
Hundeyin, however, said that state Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, had commended residents of Lagos State for always promptly alerting the authorities to suspicious persons and happenings.
He quoted the commissioner to have clearly warned members of the public to desist from jungle justice as it was a crime in itself.
