Suspected female kidnapper was on Saturday caught by residents at Ojuwoye Market in Mushin area of Lagos State.  The suspect, who refused to disclose either her name or address would have been lynched but for the intervention of policemen from the Olosan division.


The kidnapper abducted siblings from their mother, who was attending to a customer. Mother of the childrent identified as, Modinat laid the children, 6-year-old, Hammed Rasheed and two-year-old Farida Raheed on the floor when the abductor reportedly took the children away.

A resident, who knew the mother of the children, challenged the suspect and raised the alarm when she could not give a satisfactory response.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident, adding that investigations were ongoing.