Kingsley Ifeanyi could not believe his ears when his bosom friend Jimoh Olalere confessed to having masterminded his kidnapping. Ifeanyi’s family was a worried lot and could not go round why anyone would have any interest in kidnapping an ‘ordinary’ man.
Their answers were answered Monday when ten suspected kidnappers were arrested by the Lagos State Police. They are said to be behind a series of kidnappings at Ibeju-Lekki and its environs.
To the amazement of everyone present, one of the ten, Jimoh Olalere confessed to have masterminded Ifeanyi’s kidnap out of jealousy.
Jimoh says a quarrel started between him and his bosom friend following the sale of two plots of land by the latter and his alleged refusal to part with some money. He said:
“I sold two plots of land to Ifeanyi at the rate of N550,000 each. At the end of the deal, he was supposed to pay me some money because he sold the land at a higher rate to the buyer.
When I accosted him, he told me to go to hell that he did not get much from the sale. But that has been the custom in my area. This resulted in a heated argument that almost led to a fight.
After that quarrel, we parted ways. I became angry because he went about telling people all sorts of negative things about me. Besides that, I felt he was carrying himself with so much arrogance and I decided to kidnap him to teach him a lesson. I contacted some of my friends who abducted him and took him to a building behind my house where he stayed for two days before he was taken to another hideout.”