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.
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
