A man identified as Jonathan Coker is cooling his heels in Police cell for kidnapping an 8 year old boy and using him as collateral to buy drinks.
On Monday, September 7, an 8 year-old boy who was returning from a summer coaching class from a school located by Lawrence road in Lagos was abducted 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, 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. Coker who was still within the vicinity of the shop reportedly increased his pace in a bid to escape from the scene.
Fortunately, Coker was immediately arrested and the little boy was reunited with his family.