Police operatives attached to Surulere Division have rescued one Ayomide Fawehinmi, a 22 years old boy from a mob for allegedly stealing a child in the Empire area of Surulere.
The suspect was rescued and thereafter arrested after a distress call was received from members of the community about the mob action.
Disclosing this on Monday in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said “Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect lured a 15-year-old boy from his mother’s shop and was taking him to an unknown destination before he was accosted by a neighbour who raised the alarm.”
The suspect had already dispossessed the boy of an Itel android phone to cut off communication with his mother.
While the boy has been rescued unhurt and the phone recovered, the investigation is ongoing to establish the full extent of the suspect’s culpability.
The suspect would be arraigned contingent on the outcome of the investigation.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, has commended residents of Lagos State for always promptly alerting the authorities to suspicious persons/happenings but sternly warned members of the public to desist from jungle justice as it is a crime in itself.
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