was a trekking distance to her house. But she was so much in a hurry;
hence she flagged down and entered a bus. That was the last everyone
saw of her. When Tope Ismail escaped from the kidnappers' den four
days after she was kidnapped for ritual purposes, her joy and that of
her parents and well wishers knew no bound.
Days after she returned to the warm embrace of her family and
friends, Tope was walking pass Sodeke Street in Somolu and noticed
Paul, the driver of the bus that took her to the unknown dungeon.
Paul, it was gathered, did not recognise the woman again. After she
was convinced that the man before her was the driver of the bus that
whisked them away, she then raised the alarm, yelling at the top of
her voice.
Apparently realising that trouble was nigh, Paul reportedly took to
his heels but the woman gave him a hot chase and still yelling at
the top of her voice. Eventually, Paul was apprehended by passersby
and law enforcement agents at Onipanu Police Station were called to
the scene. Paul was later whisked away to the station.
She, however, never knew that her abductor would be apprehended and
brought to book so soon. But, the man identified as Paul is currently
in police custody helping the law enforcement agents unravel the
alleged kidnap of Tope and about 10 others for ritual purposes.
The said Paul, whose neighbours claimed has no particular job, was
said to have connived with some other men, now at large, to abduct
Tope and other people for ritual. During the incident, she
miraculously escaped from the kidnappers den and eventually found her
way back to her Somolu, Lagos.
Tope, in a chat with reporters and investigators, claimed that all of
the passengers in the vehicle were taken to a hideout and were
welcomed by men with all kinds of charms all over their bodies. "When
we all alighted from the bus, one of the ritualists used an object to
touch our chests, but when he got to me, he became furious and angry.
"He shouted that they should return me back to where I was picked,
saying my spirit does not fall in tandem with the purpose they wanted
to use me for," Tope said. Hence, she was let off the hook and she
reportedly walked many kilometres in the bush before she eventually
found her way to the main road where she begged commuters for rides
until she got to Lagos.
Paul has been charged with kidnapping and stealing, but some of his
neighbours are unhappy with the hurried charge against him, saying
that the matter deserves further investigations so as to unearth his
accomplice.
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