Police arrest 4 kidnappers in Rivers
(Nigeria)The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned criminals, especially kidnappers, never to regard Nigeria as a lawless country.
Idris gave the warning when Operatives of the IG’s
Intelligent Response Team (IRT) arrested a notorious kidnapping gang
terrorising law abiding citizens in Rivers and its environs.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP
Don Awunah, in Abuja, Idris also warned that anybody found guilty of any
offence would be dealt with accordingly.
The statement listed the four suspects as Herbert Oriminagbe
(28yrs), Chijioke Akah alias Kottos (35), Kelechi Nwaordu alias Seedof (38) and
Nelson Ajumogobia alias Ibios (21).
It said that the gang met its end when it kidnapped a woman
and her one-year-old daughter from her Port Harcourt home, demanding the sum of
N2.5 million as ransom for their freedom.
The statement said that based on credible technical
intelligence generated by the IRT, this was, however, agreed as bait.
It said the kidnapping gang was smashed when in their
attempt to claim the said amount at the agreed point, Operatives of IRT engaged
them, rescued the victims and arrested four of the kidnappers.
It said that in their confessional statements, the suspects
admitted that they were also responsible for the kidnap of one Undunobuk and
other innocent Nigerians.
``Going through a laptop computer recovered from them, it
was discovered that the real owner, Undunobuk, was once robbed in his Port
Harcourt residence.
``And later kidnapped to unknown seaside only to be released
on the payment of N1.3 million ransom,’’ the statement said.
It also quoted the Inspector-General as saying that the
police had the technical and intelligence capacity as well as the capability to
reduce the perceived rise in crime such as kidnapping, armed robbery and
cultism.
He urged Nigerians to always inform the police when they
perceived any act of criminality and provide necessary credible information.
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