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 IGPโs
Intelligent Response Team โIRTโ 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
