A patrol team of the Federal Road Safety Corps along the Abeokuta-Sagamu route in Abeokuta, Ogun State has rescued a female passenger being kidnapped by a commercial motorcyclist.

FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said the incident occurred at about 3 pm on Sunday.

Okpe said the team rescued the woman from the Bajaj bike rider, who was identified as Dauda Usman, with bike registration number PKA211WA, Red BAJAJ.

 She said, “The FRSC team was  informed by some commercial motorcycle riders that a woman  was being taken away by a suspected  bike rider due to the alarm raised by the woman on a bike.”

According to Okpe, the patrol team quickly intervened and got the bike rider arrested.

On interrogation, the passenger told the FRSC patrol leader that the rider refused to stop after reaching their agreed destination within Immigration Centre, Abeokuta.

The Okada rider was said to have proceeded to another destination, making the woman call for help and some bike rider stationed at Laderin Estate junction followed them immediately.

The patrol team with the help of other bike riders was able to rescue the woman and handed them to the police Special Weapons and Tactics Team,” she stated.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, could not be reached as of the time of filing this report.

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