The Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni has warned criminals, especially kidnappers in the country never to think Nigeria is lawless. IGP Idris gave the warning when Operatives of the IGP’s Intelligent Response Team “IRT” arrested a notorious kidnapping gang known to have been terrorizing law-abiding citizens in Rivers State and its environs.
The
gang met its end when they kidnapped a woman and her one year old
daughter from her Port Harcourt home, demanding the sum of two million,
five hundred thousand naira as ransom for their freedom. Based on
credible technical intelligence generated by the IRT, this was however
agreed as bait.
But
the end of the kidnapping gang came when in their attempt to claim the
said sum of money at the agreed point; Operatives of IRT engaged them,
rescued the victims and arrested four of the kidnappers who gave their
names as: Herbert Oriminagbe, Chijioke Akah, alias Kottos, Kelechi
Nwaordu, alias Seedof and Nelson Ajumogobia alias Ibios.
In
their confessional statements, the gang 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 one million, three hundred thousand naira
ransom.
The
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris said the Nigeria Police
Force has the technical and intelligence capacity and capability to
reduce the perceived rise in crime, especially kidnapping, armed
robbery, cultism and other forms of violent crime. He therefore charged
Nigerians to always inform the Police when they perceived any act of
criminality and avail necessary credible information.
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