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| Ismaila Dauda |
A 27-year-old secondary school dropout,
Ismaila Dauda, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for...
an
alleged abduction.
Dauda, a fledgling actor, based in Ondo,
was accused of attempting to abduct the wife of the traditional ruler
of Ilisan Remo in March 2013, with the help of three others- Segun,
Nurudeen and an unidentified man.
However, Dauda said he was not aware that he was part of a gang of kidnappers until too late.
He said, “At the time, I was not aware
that it was a planned abduction. Segun is a close friend and had
borrowed my car. Because the car was without a spare tyre and not in
good condition, I offered to drive him wherever he wanted.
“I was under the impression that Segun
was in search of a suitable school for his teaching practice as he is a
student of a College of Education,” Dauda said.
Dauda, Segun and Nurudeen allegedly left
Ondo, while a fourth unidentified man was picked up at Ore. Under
Segun’s direction, Dauda allegedly drove to a secondary school close to
the palace of the Oba of Ilisan in Ogun State.
At about 1pm, an elderly lady was said
to have driven out of the school compound and headed in the direction of
the king’s palace.
Dada said, “At the time, I was unaware
that she was the king’s wife. By the time she came to where we were
parked, she stopped because my car was blocking her path. To my shock,
Segun and Nurudeen rushed to her vehicle, brandishing guns and pulled
her out. Till that moment, I had had no idea that they had guns in their
possession.”
Their victim was bundled into Dauda’s
waiting car and driven away. Some residents, however, raised the alarm
and alerted the police after witnessing the abduction.
“It seemed Segun had stationed some
spies around because while I was driving, he received a call that the
police had already begun to give a chase behind us and that the
neighbourhod vigilantes had mobilised ahead of us to block our escape.
“Immediately, I heard that, I could no
longer drive. I was so scared, I had to drive off the road into the bush
and we abandoned my car there with the king’s wife in it,” Dauda
recalled.
Dauda and his friends, allegedly hid in
the bush till 7pm until Segun’s spies showed up and took them all to an
uncompleted building at the Ijebu-Ode end of Sagamu-Benin Expressway.
The suspects were said to have hidden there till 6.30am the following
day, when a vehicle arrived to convey them back to Ondo state.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, confirming the incident said, “The victim
was rescued from the car unhurt although some pepper had been sprayed
into her eyes to prevent her from identifying where she was to be held
captive.
“All the suspects escaped from the scene. In their haste, a sim card belonging to Dauda was left in the car.
“Dauda was tracked to his home in Ondo
State but he had gone into hiding in his hometown, Iwo. It wasn’t until
May 19 that Dauda returned home and he was promptly arrested by the
Fagun Police Division and later transferred to the State Criminal
Investigative Department, Abeokuta. Investigation is on to apprehend the
other fleeing suspects.”
- Punch
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