How prostitute organized kidnap of customer.

Esther Felix was a regular call girl at Pekas, a popular night club at the highbrow Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos, until recently when she ran into trouble for organizing the abduction of one of her  customers, who happened to be a citizen  of the United States of America and the son of a Lagos-based business man (names withheld).

The deal made her richer by N5m which was the ransom placed on the head of their victim.  On the D-day, Sunday May 6, 2012, the 26-year-old victim identified simply as Ayo reportedly received an urgent call from Esther for a meeting that evening. Formerly, the duo usually meet at Pekas, their first meeting point and from there, they will proceed to other night clubs within Ikeja, before ending up in a hotel where they will pass the night.

Sinister motive

But this night, there was a change of plan. Esther wanted Ayo to meet a friend schooling at Lagos State University, who she had boasted could be very good on bed as she does.  Unknown to him, she was up to something more sinister than he could ever image.  She later led him into the hands of three heavily-built men, armed with dangerous weapons, waiting to kidnap him.

After they picked Esther’s friend identified as Part Nnana some where around LASU, and were driving through Lasu-Igando Road, Esther told Ayo who was driving a Murano Jeep that she was pressed and needed to urinate and they stopped the car at Iyano School axis of the road.  Unfortunately, the spot turned out to be where they positioned the heavily set men for the kidnap.

Before Ayo could fathom what was happening, the men took over the wheels of his jeep and tucked him into the rear seat, preventing him from raising an  alarm.   He was then taken to the home of one of the men where he was kept for three days until communication was established between them and his father and the sum of N5m was paid as ransom before he was released.

How suspects were rounded up

However, Crime Alert gathered that  Ayo’s father felt insulted with the manner at which his son was kidnapped and he vowed that he must see the end of the case by bringing the culprits to book. He therefore sent a petition to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr.Umaru Manko and the Police boss mandated officer in-charge of the command Special anti-robbery squad, SARS, SP Abba Kyari, to track down the suspects and apprehend  them.   Sources at SARS hinted that the moment the officer got the directive, he took his men to work and they started tracking the suspects.