Two Pakistanis who reportedly specialised in kidnapping people for ransom have been taken into custody by the Lagos State Police Command.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), announced the unfortunate news on Thursday.
According to the PPRO, the suspects were taken into custody following a distress call regarding the abduction of a 48-year-old Pakistani national in the state’s Ikeja region on Wednesday at the command’s Ikeja Division.
He said that upon the receipt of the distress call, the anti-crime patrol of the Division was swiftly deployed to the scene, resulting in the rescue of the 48-year-old victim and the arrest of the two suspects.
Five other Pakistanis connected to the kidnapping escaped, according to the PPRO, which named the suspects as Roman Gull and Aftab Ahmad, ages 19 and 28, respectively.
According to preliminary findings, the victim was enticed from his base in Kano to Lagos State by the two suspects and five other people under the guise of offering him a position as a chef.
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The police spokesman said, “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.”
