Three children have been kidnapped by two new tenants, barely 24 hours after they moved into an apartment at Itsekiri street in Ajuwon, Ogun State.
The two women said to be in their 30s, moved into a one-room apartment in the compound on February 17.
They reportedly disappeared with the children on the evening of Friday, February 18.
An eyewitness told TheCable that the women claimed they were students of a school based in Ikeja, Lagos, and would stay at the apartment for three weeks, pending the conclusion of their examination.
The women were said to have befriended the residents of the compound within the short time they spent there.
They disappeared with the kids after claiming they were visiting a shop in the neighbourhood with them. The case has been reported to the Ajuwon police station.
Grace, wife of one Kingsley Peter, said her husband was arrested and has not been released and the barber who introduced the suspects to her husband has also been arrested.
Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident and also said some persons were “invited”.
Oyeyemi said:
“We heard about it. The case is under investigation. The kidnappers came to rent an apartment in that building. They recently packed into that place and other occupants of the house never knew that they had a game plan.
“Since they came into the house, they started playing with all these children, showing signs of a good neighbour. The parents relaxed thinking that they are good people, not until they ran away with about three kids from that place.”
