This is the face of the Lagos nanny, Mary Akinloye, who kidnapped three kids just a day after being employed, only to turn around to demand ransom from the parents of the children.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, announced the arrest of the the 23 year old lady today on a live programme on Channels TV.
The woman who claimed to be an Ibadan, Oyo state indigene, kidnapped three children in the Surulere area of Lagos State, western Nigeria on 8 April, a day after she was engaged by the parents of the children.
The three children, Ademola, 6, Adedamola, 4, and Aderomola, 11 months old, of the Orekoya family were recovered in the Shasha area of Lagos Wednesday by the local police.
Thereafter, they were taken to the hospital for observation and they are now re-united with their parents.
The police led by the DPO, Obiorah Okonkwo, rescued the kids at 4, Fatai Street, Shasha in Egbeda area of Lagos by 9 p.m. on Tuesday where they were dumped by the abductors in a sack.
It was not certain whether the parents of the victims, Mr. and Mrs. Adeleke Orekoya, paid any ransom as demanded by the abductors.
Before the children were rescued, the parents begged for fund online to pay the ransom demanded by their abductors.
The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ken Nwosu said no ransom was paid for their release.
A resident of the house where the kids were retrieved, Mr William Abiodun, said the whole scenario unfolded at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday when they were outside because there was not electricity.
He said when they heard a baby crying in the compound, he went thereand saw three children. He said he asked them what they were doing there and where they came from. Abiodun said the eldest child, Ademola introduced himself and the younger brother, Damola.
Abiodun said he immediately raised the alarm which attracted other neighbours because he heard about their disappearance in the news.
He said with the help of other neighbours they contacted the police who came to take them to the station. The children said they were fed with jollof rice and plantain by their kidnappers.
