Police Foil Planned Kidnap Of Customs Officer

The police in Lagos have said detectives attached to Area-D-Command, Mushin, foiled an attempt to kidnap a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, her younger brother and son on Saturday.

The information was relayed by the rapid response squad’s official Twitter handle, @rrslagos767 on Monday.

The identity of the officer was not revealed in the tweets.

According to the police, the suspected kidnappers had reached out to Yisa Theophilus, the brother of the deputy controller, under the pretense of a land deal.


The suspected kidnapper was identified as Yomi Odudare, who is allegedly known as a “notorious criminal”.

Mr Odudare when nabbed confessed to the police that he had connived with Olugbenga Kehinde Ojo, a former driver to the Deputy Comptroller’s uncle, to kidnap the victims.

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