Police Arrest Five Kidnappers In Delta Who Collected N7million Ransom To Free Septuagenarian
The police spokesman said that the suspects were arrested by a crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command at a brothel in Weu town in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.
The Delta State Police Command has arrested five suspects for allegedly kidnapping a 70-year-old woman and reportedly demanding and collecting a ransom of N7.9 million before releasing the victim.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, said that the suspects confessed to various armed robbery/kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman.
The police spokesman said that the suspects were arrested by a crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command at a brothel in Weu town in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.
The statement read, “On 12/09/2024 at about 0130hrs Crack Squad attached to Area Command Ughelli acting on a tip off, stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu town Ughelli South LGA and arrested five suspects namely; Dominic Uweru “m” Alias Ovwolo 48YRS, Isaac Oghenerukevwe ‘m’ Alias Plug 34yrs, Oviri Godstime “m” 25yrs, Junior Sunday ‘m’ and Efedeki Adjovo ‘m’.
“One single barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size gun, cash sum of Four hundred and fifty thousand naira (#450,000.00) ransom one Moniepoint POS machine, one OPAY POS machine, wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
“They confessed to various armed robbery/kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman (name withheld) who they kidnapped on 08/09/2024 and collected the sum of Seven million, Nine hundred thousand naira ransom (#7,900,000) on 10/9/2024 before her release. The suspects are in custody and investigation is ongoing.”
