A suspected kidnapper, Niyi Omosola, was shot dead by the police in the Epe area of Lagos while trying to pick a N3 million ransom requested from the family of their 62 years old captive, Kudirat.

Reports say that Kudirat, a businesswoman, was inspecting the construction work at a petrol station she owned in Elemoro, Ajah area, when Omosola led a team of kidnappers and took her away.

The kidnappers later contacted her family and demanded N50 million. But after a lot of negotiation, they both agreed at N3 million.

Punch learnt on Wednesday that Kudirat’s brother, who had been communicating with the gang, took the ransom to an agreed hideout in the Epe area but a team of operatives led by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad Commander, Abba Kyari, trailed him to the hideout.

After collecting the ransom, Omosola noticed the police and opened fire on them but when he realised he was outnumbered, he tried to escape on a motorcycle, and the policemen shot him.

He said, “The kidnappers are a notorious gang. They had conducted several operations in the area. In the latest incident, they demanded N50m initially, but when the family could not produce the amount, they finally agreed to N3m. They also arranged where the place of meeting would be in the Epe area.

“The police trailed the brother, who was taking the money to Epe, where Omosola was waiting. Immediately he collected the ransom, he suspected that policemen were around and he began to shoot sporadically. He got on a motorcycle and was riding off when he was gunned down. He did not die immediately.”

The injured Omosola then led the SARS operatives to a bush between Epe and Ijebu Ode, where the Kudirat Kudirat was rescued alive.

Before they arrived the scene, Omosola’s gang members had reportedly fled the place and Omosola eventually died from the gunshot injuries.

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