Operatives of the Department of State Security yesterday rescued an American, Tawanda Lynn Jackson, who was said to have been abducted by one Mathew Adedoyin.
It was gathered that the American was taken hostage by the suspect whom she allegedly met on the social media.
Parading the suspect and his accomplice at the DSS Lagos Command, Director of the Command, Mrs. Betty Adoki, said Jackson, 46, who had arrived Lagos on November 11, was received at the airport by Adedoyin who took her in as hostage on November 21.
The DSS director said that the suspect allegedly raped Jackson before she was rescued .
According to her, the American Embassy in Lagos had reported to the command about Jackson’s abduction after which investigation commenced, culminating in the raid of the criminal hideout by a team of security operatives and military personnel of the 9 Brigade, Nigeria Army, Lagos.
Adoki said the suspect had lured the black American mother of five on social media, purportedly for a visit, claiming to be a wealthy prince from Arogbatesu royal family of Ile-Ife, Osun State with the intention of extorting money from her.
Speaking to newsmen while being paraded, Adedoyin, who claimed to be real estate agent, denied abducting the victim or raping her, alleging that she asked him for sex.
