Lagos CP Vows To Track Down Kidnappers Of Council Chairman

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Umar Manko, has pledged not to rest until the kidnappers of the Chairman of Ejigbo Local Government Area, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, were fished out.

ASP Damasus Ozoani, the Deputy Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.

Ozoani said that information received by police indicated that the local government chairman was kidnapped around 11pm on Monday.

Ozoani said the police were making efforts to unravel the circumstance surrounding Bamigbetan's abduction, adding that they would try their best to rescue him.

"The Police are investigating the matter; we do not want our investigations on the pages of newspapers in order not to jeopardize investigators' work," he added.

"We do not have the identity of the kidnappers and the driver of the vehicle used for the kidnap took to his heel."

Meanwhile, sources close to the state government alleged that the suspected kidnappers had demanded $1million in ransom for his release.