Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,158,188 members, 7,835,945 topics. Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 05:54 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Crime / See Methods Kidnappers Use These Days To Lure & Capture Their Victim(s) (586 Views)
Two Kidnappers Nabbed In Ajah, Lagos, While Escaping With Their Victim / Soldiers Arrest Kidnappers In Bauchi Who Demand N1m Ransom From Their Victim / Lagos Man Uses Facebook To Lure, Rape, Rob Ladies (photo) (2) (3) (4)
See Methods Kidnappers Use These Days To Lure & Capture Their Victim(s) by Freeman50(m): 7:08am On Sep 12, 2016 |
Reports of kidnapping have become common in
Nigeria. Though not a new trend, kidnappers
have continued to devise new methods to lure
victims. Below are some of the new tricks to
watch out for:
1.Ploy at parties
In this method, a note is dubiously passed to the
master of ceremonies requesting the owner of
an identified vehicle to come out and move his
or her vehicle to allow others parking access.
Immediately the individual gets to his car, the
kidnappers grab the person and zoom off in the
car.
This was what happened to Mr. Remi Olakunri
who was kidnapped at a party venue in Lagos
some months ago.
Olakunri, who drove an SUV to the venue, heard
his car’s number plate called out by the emcee,
requesting him to step outside to move his
vehicle. As Olakunri got to his car, three men
grabbed him and forced him to drive off in his
vehicle. Over N1m ransom was paid before his
abductors released him.
2.Road blocks
The modus operandi of kidnappers includes
mounting road blocks on highways in military
uniforms and staging a surprise attack on
unsuspecting motorists.
An All Progressives Congress governorship
aspirant in Ondo State, Victor Olabimtan, was
abducted by gunmen after he declared his
interest to contest the state’s governorship
election.
Olabimtan was on his way to Abuja when some
persons in military attire, who dubiously
manned a road block on the expressway
kidnapped him.
3.Disguising as church members
There have been several reports of how
kidnappers found their way into churches,
disguised as church members and waited for the
service to end before carrying out their criminal
act.
A pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, Isawo B.ranch, Ikorodu, Lagos, was
recently abducted by gunmen who disguised as
members of the church and whisked him away
after the service.
4.Isolated ATMs
According to a security expert, Mr. Pedro
Ayandokun, kidnappers now target isolated
automated teller machines with long queues of
customers.
“These kidnappers look out for the last person
in a queue because such individual will be an
easy target for them. Nigerians should avoid
using isolated ATMs even during the day. Bank
customers should always use ATMs within the
confines of a bank,” he said.
5.Fake job interviews
Text massages for job interviews are randomly
sent to the mobile phones of persons who did
not apply for the job. Their agenda is to get
desperate job seekers to an arranged venue and
hold them before contacting their relatives to
pay ransom.
A victim, Mr. Segun Abiodun, who travelled to
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for a job interview
was abducted by those who purportedly had a
job offer for him. His abductors initially
demanded N5m before it was reduced to N2m.
6.Use neighbours as bait
Security agencies have constantly warned
Nigerians against opening their doors for
neighbours at odd hours.
It had been observed that kidnappers, rather
than heading for the house of their potential
victim directly, use the person’s neighbour to
knock on the door or gate of their potential
victim. Their belief is that their target would
open the door for the neighbour.
7.Luring children with gifts
Two months ago, Bayo Adeyemi, a male pupil of
a school in Okokomaiko area of Lagos State, was
kidnapped on his way home after closing hours.
Bayo and his brother were on their way home
when the kidnappers, who were in a bus,
accosted them on the road and gave the elder
brother N100 to buy candy and biscuits. The
victim offered to run the errand with his
younger brother but they ordered him to leave
his brother behind.
While returning from the errand, he discovered
that the bus was leaving. Being a child, rather
than raise the alarm, he ran home to alert his
mother and before they arrived at the scene, the
kidnappers had disappeared with his brother.
Commenting on the development, a security
consultant, Mr. Simon Udie, said every Nigerian
should be extremely vigilant.
“Nigerians should observe every strange
happening around them. The criminal mind is
just as good as an intelligent mind, they try to
use new tactics to lure their victims,” he said.
8.Switching off generators
When kidnappers identify a house that is easily
penetrable, especially at night, they locate where
the electricity switch box is and disconnect the
power source. They wait for any of the
occuP@nts to come out to check what might
have happened. In the process, he or she is
kidnapped. They may also switch off generator
to lure their target.
Mr. Tunji Ajayi who resides in Agbado/Oke-Odo
Local Council Development Area of Lagos State
could have fallen victim but for his suspicion.
He said his generator was switched off after
some persons gained entry to his compound. He
told our correspondent that when they noticed
that he didn’t come out after they had waited
for hours; they walked out of his compound.
9.Pretending as relatives
The ninety-year-old father of Mr. Oluwole
Adalumo, who owns a hotel in Ikole, Ekiti State,
Ajagunna Adalumo fell victim to this technique.
He was kidnapped from his house at Oke-Ijebu,
Ikole Ekiti. Bimbo Ajayi, who is a relative of the
victim, said the kidnappers came into the
premises of the aged man around 8pm. Ajayi
said a man entered the house of Pa Adalumo
under the pretence that the victim’s son sent
him to the old man. He later drove him away in
a car he brought.
10.Offering Lifts
As much as many would want to offer help to
persons in need, giving strangers a lift could be
a wrong move. There was a report last year of
one Mrs. Abike Lawal who visited a popular
shopping mall in Lagos. As she was about to
leave, she noticed that one of her tyres had been
slashed.
In her disturbed state, a friendly, well-dressed
and articulate young man showed up like a
knight in shining armour to help her. After
assisting her, he asked for a ride to where he
said he parked his car. Without waiting for her
response, he entered the car but the woman
suspected foul play and excused herself to buy
something.
She went to a security guard and told him what
happened. The security guard went with her to
the car but the young man had left.
In 2013, a report by Sheriff Deputies Limited, a
private Security Company in Nigeria, stated that
the South-West had the highest incidence of
kidnapping with five per cent, followed by the
South-East and South-South with four per cent
each.
It noted that North-West and North-East each
had an incidence of three per cent, with the
lowest being North-Central at two per cent.
The Lagos State Police Command said between
January and June this year, there were 19 cases
of kidnappings.
The spokesperson for the command, Dolapo
Badmos, told SUNDAY PUNCH that 15 suspected
kidnappers had been charged to court.
Badmos also said culprits involved in robbery
and pipeline vandalism had turned to
kidnapping.
She added that some of the communities
vulnerable to kidnapping are those close to
waterways, because kidnappers could quickly
escape with their victims without encountering
an immediate chase by residents or security
officials.
A security consultant, Mr. Bunmi Odukoya, said
kidnapping of Nigerians had increased.
Odukoya said, “Criminals know that police are
rarely contacted after a kidnap and that families
are quick to pay ransom for the release of their
relatives. Kidnappers can be particularly brutal
and can physically assault their victims and
those delivering ransoms.”
11.Insufficient security agents
The current number of police officers is said to
be about 370,000 to about 170 million
Nigerians.This fell short of the United Nations
recommendation of 222 police officers per
100,000 persons.
President Muhammadu Buhari had approved
the recruitment of 10,000 policemen into the
nation’s Police Force to reinforce the police for
better service.
Another security expert and Chairman
Mentorship Committee, American Society for
Industrial Security, Abuja Chapter, Prof. Femi
Adegbulu, said it appeared that the law
enforcement agents had lost the battle to
kidnappers.
“Most cases of kidnap are between you and
your God. It depends on your negotiating power
for your loved one to be freed, if kidnapped. We
hear reports saying no ransom was paid, but
those criminals are not foolish. These criminals
risk their lives to kidnap an individual, and they
know that if caught, they would be jailed or face
death penalty. Why then would they kidnap
someone and not get money?’’ he stated.
Badmos said parents have a m0ral and physical
duty to protect their children.
She added, ‘‘People living close to waterways
should be sensitive and extremely security
conscious. We have foiled about two kidnap
attempts in partnership with the communities
involved.” |
Re: See Methods Kidnappers Use These Days To Lure & Capture Their Victim(s) by VhatAmazingDude: 7:15am On Sep 12, 2016 |
Interesting Piece Punctuate properly so that this knowledge can be assimilated |
Re: See Methods Kidnappers Use These Days To Lure & Capture Their Victim(s) by ademega(m): 7:34am On Sep 12, 2016 |
Cool info... Paragraph properly |
Re: See Methods Kidnappers Use These Days To Lure & Capture Their Victim(s) by Nobody: 8:28am On Sep 12, 2016 |
Repost this piece and make it easily readable by breaking into paragraphs. |
(1) (Reply)
Hunter Who Shot Bush Pig Arrested After Animal Transforms Into His Friend / Sad: Father Kills His 18 Year Old Daughter Daughter After Raping Her. / Men Who Photocopied Naira Notes Arrested(pics)
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 28 |