Two Pakistanis into the business of kidnap in Lagos have been arrested, with their victim rescued.
The news was told by Lagos Police command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin.
Hundeyin in a statement he released, said the foreigners specialise in kidnapping people for ransom in the state, saying their arrest followed a distress call over the kidnap of their countryman, a 48-year-old.
The report has it that two of the kidnappers – Roman Gull and Aftab Ahmad, aged 19 and 28 respectively were arrested while five others in the same business escaped apprehension.
According to Hundeyin, the criminals lured the victim to Lagos from his base in Kano under the pretext that they had a job for him as a chef.
“The suspects booked the victim’s flight to Lagos and lodged him in a hotel on February 28, 2025.
“The next day, the seven suspects visited the victim, overpowered him, tied his hands and legs, and sent a message to his boss in Kano to pay the sum of N50 million ransom for his release or else he would be killed. The boss paid N1 million three days later to buy time and thereafter alerted the police,” the spokesman narrated.
Items said to have been recovered from the suspects include: their operational vehicle, a grey coloured Toyota Camry salon car, the victim’s $2,000 cash, three ATM cards, green card, driver’s license, and NIN slip.
