The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the foiling of a kidnapping attempt and the arrest of a suspected gang member at a primary school in the Ijegun area of the state by its operatives.

The Spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest, said the operatives rescued a kindergarten student and two pupils during the incident.

The suspects were said to have positioned their operational motorcycles close to the school premises, waiting for other members who went inside to get their targets.

Hundeyin said the rescued pupils were between four and six years of age, adding that they had been reunited with their families.

He said one of the culprits, a 40-year-old woman, Akintola Alima, who kidnapped the three pre-nursery children, was arrested, while other suspects escaped with an unregistered motorcycle on sighting the police.