Two teens who had been abandoned by their kidnappers along the Oru Ijebu riverfront have been found by the police in Ogun State.
Police officers from the Oru Division discovered the boys, Chindalu Umadi (17 years old) and Udeba David (16 years old), on September 3, at 3:30 pm, according to Omolola Odutola, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command.
Odutola stated that while on patrol, the officers managed to rescue the two teenagers.
She also revealed that the boys were kidnapped around 8:20 a.m. that morning in Ojo Local Government Area Lagos State, but their parents have been informed of their rescue since the policemen found them.
“Two unknown individuals abducted them into a Toyota saloon car, and the victims have no recollection of what happened during their captivity until they were discovered abandoned near a riverside in Oru Ijebu.
“It was said that the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Mathew Ediae, in an interview with the boys, learnt that the teenagers were “on their way to play football when they were forcibly taken”, the police spokesperson said.
“The parents, who had been searching for their children throughout the day, received a call from the DPO informing them that the teenagers have been safely located and are in the custody of the police,” she said, adding that the teenagers would be reunited with their families after proper identification”, Odutola ended.