“Normally, Olayinka goes into any church of his
choice on Sunday morning, sits like a member
inside the church and monitors the activities and
movement of worshippers in the church. When he
is certain that he can lure a child out of the
church premises unnoticed, he quickly lures the
child with biscuit or toys. After successfully
abducting the victims, he takes them to another
big church located very far from the church where
the children were kidnapped.
We never killed or sold any child. We only keep
the child for a day and ensure we get whatsoever
ransom we need to get from the victim’s parents.
We ensure that we get the ransom first thing on
Monday morning before the child will be seen. He
abandons a large envelope addressed to the
pastor in the church with a phone number. Once
they contact us through the number, we send
bank details to the parents of the victim.
“The first kidnap operation was in a Redeemed
Christian Church in Shomolu area and it was
successful. We were paid N300,000 but Olayinka
gave me N70,000 only, as he said we incurred
some expenses, that was why he took the larger
sum. Unfortunately, the second operation was
unsuccessful as I was arrested, arraigned in court
and remanded in prison from June 2013 to
January 10 2014.
Honestly, I didn’t need anyone to tell me to stay
away from crime after my release from the prison
but I didn’t have a choice. When I was released, I
started squatting with my cousin, Akorede, in
Akilo Street close to Lady-Lak area. That was
after I was ejected from the rented apartment
where I lived because I was unable to pay the
rent. My wife and son had to go live with her
parents in Ota.
“This last operation, Olayinka initially, asked the
victim’s parents to pay N700,000 but, they said
they will pay N250,000. They later sent N3,000
airtime to Olayinka. He transferred N1,500 to my
line the next day after I confronted him for
collecting the ransom behind me. Because I was
broke, I transferred N750 to my cousin Akorede,
who I was squatting with.
We used an old registered line of mine for the
transaction. It was that line that he used to
transfer the air time to my main line. It was
through the transferred airtime that Akorede was
arrested, unknown to me. It was through his
sister, Jumoke, that I was eventually arrested
while I was sharing handbill. Akorede and his
sister Jumoke, are innocent and know nothing
about the kidnap.
“I have a son who is about three years seven
months old and I won’t want him to be kidnapped
because I know the trauma we subject the
families to when we kidnap their children. There
was a time when I had to speak with the mother
of the child we kidnapped. I could feel her pain
and broken heart from her voice.
My wife doesn’t know that I am into kidnapping
business. My mum is late but my father is alive.
He doesn’t care. I am married and I am a tiler.
To my wife, I am very sorry to put you through
all this shame and disappointment. My family
members are all disappointed. No one has come
to see me since I was arrested. Right now, I feel
so bad about my actions, but I was so desperate
to get out my unpleasant situation,”he stated.
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