The Lagos State Police Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayde Aderanti, on today confirmed the arrest of the lady behind the kidnap of three children of the Orekoya family within the ages of 6, 4 and 11 months.

The Commissioner explained that the information of the abducted children was gotten to his office by the D.P.O who stays close to the parents of the abducted kids and action was taken within 24 hours.

He said on Channel TV’s Sunrise Daily: “We swung into action, transferred it (the case) to the headquarters and assigned it to our Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Along the way, we tried to do everything possible because of the safety of these kids is so paramount to us.

“So we did everything possible to narrow down the space to Shasha area and found the children abandoned in the building and we went there and evacuated them to safety.

“But the beautiful thing is that the maid, Mary Akinloye, was arrested yesterday night.”

The three missing children of the Orekoya family were kidnapped by their nanny, Mary Akinloye, in Lagos State. Akinloye was hired through OLX, a foreign-owned online trading portal.

She disappeared with the children on April 8, a day into her job as the family maid.

She, as well as her accomplices, contacted the children’s parents and demanded a N15m ransom. Police says they later abandoned the children and fled due to unbearable public pressure.

•Photo shows kidnapper-nanny Mary Akinloye.