The police in Oyo State have announced how they rescued a US-based medical doctor from a mob in Ibadan, the state capital.
“The incident followed a distress call received from concerned citizens alleging that a suspected kidnapper was about to be lynched and set ablaze by an angry mob,” the police said of the Monday incident.
Before the police arrived at the scene, the man’s “Lexus RX 330 SUV had already been set ablaze by the mob, while two young girls identified as Deborah, aged 15 years, and Rebecca, aged 12 years, found inside the vehicle, were equally taken into protective custody alongside the suspect for proper investigation.”
The police in an X post on Wednesday said their investigation showed that the man, identified as Dr Afolabi, is a US-based medical doctor and that he had “legal” custody of the two girls.
“Further findings established that the two girls found inside the vehicle were legally taken from one Mrs Idowu Abimbola, aged 56 years, of Eleyele Area, Ibadan, with the intention of delivering them to the victim’s mother for the purpose of assisting with household chores.”
Credit:PrimeTimes
