The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris 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.
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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.
DCP DON AWUNAH,
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA
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