A 16-year-old boy, Abuchi Umechime, has been abducted by four armed
assailants, suspected to be cult members after they invaded Borno Way in
the Oyingbo area of Lagos State around 10pm last Wednesday.
According to Punch Metro, the gunmen shot sporadically, discouraging
residents from coming to Umechime’s aid as they took the teenager away.
They were said to have held him over the night, before releasing him around the 3rd Mainland Bridge, in the Okobaba area on Thursday.
Police operatives from the the Denton Police Division combed the area till around 6am on Thursday before the boy was found.
Speaking to a correspondent, one of the victim's neighbours, said: “I heard gunshots around 11pm. Later, I saw armed men dragging the boy away. After the attack, none of us could sleep. We searched the area, but our efforts were unsuccessful.”
A police source also disclosed that Umechime was found by the operatives around the Okobaba end of the Third Mainland Bridge.
He said, “The hoodlums did not give any reason for abducting him. The police initially combed Evans Square, but we did not get them.
“The boy was found around 6am on Thursday. He was abandoned. He was not injured. The victim had been reunited with his mother. The son had not told us why they took him away.”
The teenager, who was barely able to talk, said the assailants took him to a hideout in the Obalende area.
He said, “They took me away on a motorcycle. I was kept till the following day. They later gave me N100 to return home.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said, “Operatives from the Denton division rescued the boy in the Obalende area. The police are on the trail of the fleeing gunmen,” she added.
They were said to have held him over the night, before releasing him around the 3rd Mainland Bridge, in the Okobaba area on Thursday.
Police operatives from the the Denton Police Division combed the area till around 6am on Thursday before the boy was found.
Speaking to a correspondent, one of the victim's neighbours, said: “I heard gunshots around 11pm. Later, I saw armed men dragging the boy away. After the attack, none of us could sleep. We searched the area, but our efforts were unsuccessful.”
A police source also disclosed that Umechime was found by the operatives around the Okobaba end of the Third Mainland Bridge.
He said, “The hoodlums did not give any reason for abducting him. The police initially combed Evans Square, but we did not get them.
“The boy was found around 6am on Thursday. He was abandoned. He was not injured. The victim had been reunited with his mother. The son had not told us why they took him away.”
The teenager, who was barely able to talk, said the assailants took him to a hideout in the Obalende area.
He said, “They took me away on a motorcycle. I was kept till the following day. They later gave me N100 to return home.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said, “Operatives from the Denton division rescued the boy in the Obalende area. The police are on the trail of the fleeing gunmen,” she added.
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