Police foil attempt to kidnap Customs boss, brother, son (Vanguard)

Attempt by kidnappers to abduct a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, her younger brother and her son was, weekend, foiled by policemen attached to Area ‘D’ Command, Mushin, Lagos, following the arrest of two suspected members of the gang. During preliminary investigation, one of the suspects, Olugbenga Kehinde Ojo, was discovered to be a former driver to the female Customs officer’s uncle. The kidnappers, as gathered, posed as businessmen and contacted the Customs officer’s brother, Barrister Theophilus Yisa, on phone, informing him of a business proposal.They invited Theophilus to a meeting around Lekki, to finalise the supposed deal. However, Theophilus, as gathered, contacted the Commander, Area D, Akinbayo Olusoji, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, with a view to informing him of the deal before hand, should anything go amiss. Read more