The Army, yesterday, beefed up security at the Ojo Cantonment, Lagos, after a two-year-old daughter of a Lieutenant Colonel was allegedly abducted from the cantonment by suspected kidnappers Tuesday afternoon. Investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) revealed that immediately the kidnapping was discovered, all entries and exits from the sprawling cantonment were shut with stern looking armed soldiers checking every movement.
A resident of the Ojo Cantonment told NAN that Tuesday’s kidnapping would be the second abduction at the barracks within a month, as another two-year-old daughter of a Major, who was forcefully taken away from her parents’ home in the barracks four weeks ago, had not been found.
NAN learnt that the armed abductors on Tuesday left a trail of blood, implying that one of the assailants or the victim must have been injured during the incident.
Residents of the large cantonment, NAN learnt,were beginning to suspect that they could be living with ritualists or have the criminals breaching barracks security at will, to perpetrate such dastardly acts.
As at 1.40 pm yesterday, the little girl had not been found, either dead or alive, NAN reported authoritatively.
Meanwhile, the Army Public Relations Officer, 81 Division,Lagos, Lt.Col. Kayode Ogunsanya, confirmed the incident to NAN.
Ogunsanya also added that a number of suspects had been arrested in connection with kidnappings at the Ojo Cantonment.