Precious Nwaigwe, a secondary school girl who was
returning to school on May 24th last
year, from Ajah, but was kidnapped by certain men has now been transported to Libya according to police
investigations. In a shocking revelation,the police made a good discovery and
it was learnt that a family member was involved in the kidnapping and had
already been paid N250,000 for his own role.
The mother 15-year
old Precious Nwaigwe, the Ogun schoolgirl that was abducted in the Ajah area of
Lagos State by kidnappers, Blessing, told Punch Metro that investigations by the police had
also shown that one of their relatives was involved in the kidnapping.
Her father, Okoro, a trader, had told Punch Metro that
his daughter was on holiday with him in the Ajah area.
He said he had bid her farewell on the fateful day at the
Sangotedo bus stop while in a vehicle en route to her school, without knowing
the bus was driven by kidnappers.
It was reported that a few weeks after the journey, the
Nwaigwes got a call from Patience’s school, Ikenne Community College, Ikenne,
Ogun State, that she had yet to arrive at the school.
It was reported that about two months after the kidnap,
the victim’s parents got a call from the kidnappers in the Niger Republic, who
demanded a ransom of $100,000.
In a follow-up, our correspondent reported that the
kidnappers threatened to make Precious work for the ransom if it was not paid.
Punch Metro later reported that Precious had been sold to
a pimp, who insulted her parents for disturbing them, saying they were merely
doing business.
The victim’s father had expressed helplessness and
frustration, saying the family had become bankrupt after spending on attempts
to rescue her without getting any result.
The case was transferred from the Ajah Police Division to
the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, before it was taken over
by men of the Anti-Robbery Squad of the command in Ikeja.
A police source told our correspondent on Wednesday that
latest findings by the police showed that Precious had been sold to some people
in Libya.
He said, “The girl is no more in the Niger Republic. She
has been taken to Libya and the police have arrested one of those involved in
the kidnap.
“The new suspect told us that the girl was no longer in
his custody because she had been sold to some people suspected to be pimps in
Libya.”
Precious’ mother, Blessing, told Punch Metro on the
telephone on Wednesday that the family was aware that Precious had been sold to
some people in Libya, adding that a new suspect had been arrested by the police.
She said the latest suspect was a relative.
She said, “The person that has just been arrested is one
of our relatives.
“He is my cousin’s child and is currently with SARS. When
we got his contact sometime in September last year from the kidnappers, we did
not know he was the one because they gave us a different name.
It was during investigations that the police discovered
that he is my relative.
“So, his family and our family had a meeting and he was
invited to the meeting to resolve the issue.
“It was during the meeting that the police arrested him.
“The suspect said the girl was no longer with him.
“He told the police investigators that after he was paid
N250,000, he released the girl to another person who took her to Libya.”
She said the kidnappers had called the family with more
than 35 foreign numbers.
“The last time we spoke with Precious, she told us that
she was now in Libya, “Blessing added.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command,
Kenneth Nwosu, said he would call back.
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