8 Year-old Boy Kidnapped And Used To Buy Crates Of Soft Drinks In Lagos - Crime -

Wonders shall never end. On Monday, an 8 year-old boy who was returning
from a summer coaching class (lesson) from a school located by Lawrence
road in Lagos was kidnapped by a man who then tried to use him as
collateral to buy crates of soft drinks worth N51,000.

According
to the story, the suspect, who was later identified as Jonathan Coker,
reportedly kidnapped the primary school pupil (name withheld), took him
to a provision store located on Cole Street, ordered the crates of soft
drinks then told the shop owner that he didn't have enough money to pay
for the goods hence would leave his 'younger brother' behind, to get the
full amount of money from his house.
A deal the unsuspecting shop owner agreed to, so he gave the crates of soft drinks to Coker.

However,
as luck would have it, someone who knew the 8 year old boy saw him in
the shop and asked him what he was doing in the shop. The little boy
told him he was picked up by the stranger walking away (Cooker)

Cooker who was still within the vicinity of the shop reportedly increased his pace in a bid to escape from the scene.

Fortunately, Cooker was immediately apprehended and arrested and the little boy was reunited with his family.