Police naps car-hijacker who tried to kidnap baby

The suspect.

A man was on Monday nabbed through the combined efforts of a soldier and hoodlums after he allegedly stole a car and tried to escape with an 11-month-old baby in it.Adebowale Olayinka who narrated the story on Facebook said a woman parked her car by the roadside to “quickly buy meat in Gbagada”. The woman left the engine running because her baby and her grandmother were in the car.

The thief reportedly kicked the grandmother out of the car and tried to escape with the baby.

“Fortunately a soldier was passing by, immediately he took a bike to run after him, this led to multiple accidents on the road and the car stopped working and kidnapper decided to lock himself and the baby inside the car in the middle of expressway but area boys came to rescue of the baby,” Olayinka said.

“He was caught and was taken to Pedro Police station at Somolu".

See the Facebook post below: