ENUGU — Operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit of the Enugu State police command have apprehended four suspected kidnappers who specialize on threat kidnap calls and messages to their victims.
Information from Office of the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, yesterday, had it that the suspects who were nabbed recently by the operatives had allegedly threatened to kidnap one of their victims living at Trans Ekulu axis of Enugu.
According to the PPRO, the suspects had told the fellow via several telephone calls to consider himself a kidnapped person should he fail to make reasonable amount of money available to them.
“Following intelligence gathering and monitoring, the suspects, who gave their names as Igbokwe Onyinyechi Sunday, Ejike Ibe, Belummuo Alexander Chikwado and Zeribe Chinonso Christopher were nabbed and are now helping the police in their investigations.”
Similarly, operatives of Nsukka Police Division have nabbed one Onyeneke Eze also known as EkeNweze, said to be a notorious robbery suspect on the wanted list of the police over his nefarious activities within Nsukka and environs.
The suspect, according to the command spokesman, is being accused of murder, robbery and other criminal acts.
He was arrested by the operatives based on information received from members of the public, and he is also currently assisting the police in their investigations.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police Abubakar Adamu Mohammed, has applauded efforts of his operatives and that of members of the public, saying their cooperation is yielding tremendous result in the fight against crime in the state.
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Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Friday, 26 July 2013
Two brothers docked over robbery, kidnap
By ONOZURE DANIA
Two brothers, Olayinka Jagbojagbo,38,and Kabiru Jagbojagbo, 30, were, on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, over alleged kidnap and robbery.
The suspects who were docked before Magistrate Abimbola Komolafe, are facing a four- count charge of conspiracy, robbery, kidnap and attempt to escape, preferred against them by the police.
The police prosecutor, inspector Iranus Nnamonu, told the court that the accused and others at large, committed the alleged crime some time in January, 2013, at about 3:20pm, at 26, Jagbojabo Villa Erode, in Epe area of Lagos State.
He said that the accused and others at large received N8,500,000 ransom from ZTM Nigeria Limited, over a kidnapped Chinese national one Mr Kuang Vingjiun, who is a staff of ZTE Nigeria Ltd, at Osborne Road in Ikoyi.
Nnamonu said that the suspects and other members of the gang, shared N200,000 each from the money realised as ransom.
He said that the suspects procure charms for themselves and members of their gang, from one Taiwo Aduloju, to enable them escape being punished by the police.
The prosecutor also alleged that the defendants kidnapped one Ilogbonu Kingsley Ifeanyi, on May 13, 2013, between 6pm and 7pm, at 26, Jagbojagbo Villa Erode, in Epe area of Lagos.
He claimed that they unlawfully detained him, for four days in their house and also in an uncompleted building at Imokun area of Epe, until a ransom of N500,000 was paid for his release.
According to the prosecutor, the offence committed is contrary to and punishable under section 409, 16 (B) (C) (D) and 269 (1) (2) of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
However when the charge preferred against the defendants, who resides at 26, Jagbojagbo Villa Erode, in Epe area of Lagos, the two brothers, pleaded not guilt to the four-count charges.
Magistrate Komolafe, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with two responsible sureties each, one of the sureties, who must be a landlord in Lagos state.
Adding that one of the sureties must be a blood relation to the defendants, show payment of tax and address to be verified by the police.
She further adjourned the matter to September 17, 2013, for mention.
Two brothers, Olayinka Jagbojagbo,38,and Kabiru Jagbojagbo, 30, were, on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, over alleged kidnap and robbery.
The suspects who were docked before Magistrate Abimbola Komolafe, are facing a four- count charge of conspiracy, robbery, kidnap and attempt to escape, preferred against them by the police.
The police prosecutor, inspector Iranus Nnamonu, told the court that the accused and others at large, committed the alleged crime some time in January, 2013, at about 3:20pm, at 26, Jagbojabo Villa Erode, in Epe area of Lagos State.
He said that the accused and others at large received N8,500,000 ransom from ZTM Nigeria Limited, over a kidnapped Chinese national one Mr Kuang Vingjiun, who is a staff of ZTE Nigeria Ltd, at Osborne Road in Ikoyi.
Nnamonu said that the suspects and other members of the gang, shared N200,000 each from the money realised as ransom.
He said that the suspects procure charms for themselves and members of their gang, from one Taiwo Aduloju, to enable them escape being punished by the police.
The prosecutor also alleged that the defendants kidnapped one Ilogbonu Kingsley Ifeanyi, on May 13, 2013, between 6pm and 7pm, at 26, Jagbojagbo Villa Erode, in Epe area of Lagos.
He claimed that they unlawfully detained him, for four days in their house and also in an uncompleted building at Imokun area of Epe, until a ransom of N500,000 was paid for his release.
According to the prosecutor, the offence committed is contrary to and punishable under section 409, 16 (B) (C) (D) and 269 (1) (2) of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
However when the charge preferred against the defendants, who resides at 26, Jagbojagbo Villa Erode, in Epe area of Lagos, the two brothers, pleaded not guilt to the four-count charges.
Magistrate Komolafe, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with two responsible sureties each, one of the sureties, who must be a landlord in Lagos state.
Adding that one of the sureties must be a blood relation to the defendants, show payment of tax and address to be verified by the police.
She further adjourned the matter to September 17, 2013, for mention.
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Police deny kidnap attempt on Atiku's wife
BY OKONKWO EZE
ONITSHA - The Anambra State police command Tuesday denied the speculations making the rounds within the Onitsha metropolis in the state that some suspected kidnappers nearly abducted Mrs. Jennifer Atiku, one of the wives of the former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar when she visited her father's Onitsha residence at the weekend.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka (DSP) who made the denial in a telephone chat with newsmen Tuesday, said there was no iota of truth in the rumour which is spreading like a wild fire.
Chukwuemeka noted that the true position was that some armed hoodlums who were preparing for a robbery operation were driving past the residence of Jennifer's father on Okosi Road, Inland Town, Onitsha and on seeing a police patrol van coming towards their direction, they thought they were being trailed by the police men and at once they opened fire on the policemen who quickly respondended before the hoodlums fled.
However some eye witnesses who spoke to newsmen on an anonymous condition, said the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers got an information that Atiku's wife was in town and headed to her father's house at Okosi Road to kidnap her, thinking that she only had few policemen guarding her.
The source gathered that on arrival at her father house, at about 8 p.m., the hoodlums first opened fire to see if they could over-power the few policemen guarding her, but when they discovered that there were retinue of policemen around her who returned fire for fire, the hoodlums fled.
It was further gathered that the hoodlums, still hell bent on hitting their target, relocated to Afor Igwe market area at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area and allegedly succeeded in kidnapping somebody else whose identity was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report yesterday.
Some prominent indigenes of the state who spoke on the ugly situation, said the re-emergence of kidnappers in the state was as a result of the shooting and killing of two police informants who retired from kidnap and voluntarily surrendered themselves and their arms to the appropriate authorities and pledged to serve as informants.
According to the source, the two informants whose names were given as Okechukwu Udezuka (a.k.a. Okey Rice) and the other one simply identified as Ebuka had after surrendering themselves and their arms, settled down to give the police the identities of their former gang members and how to locate them, which yielded many results before their untimely death.
But little did Okey Rice and Ebuka know that information had leaked to the hoodlums that they were now police informants and as a result, the hoodlums targeted and shot them dead at New Tarzan Junction, Nkpor along the Enugu/Onitsha expressway, barely a month ago.
Sources disclosed that the bereaved families are now waiting for the state government to provide funds for the funeral ceremonies of the deceased informants since government had always promised that informants would be rewarded handsomely, more so when the deceased had provided information that led to the arrests of many kidnappers, before their untimely death.
ONITSHA - The Anambra State police command Tuesday denied the speculations making the rounds within the Onitsha metropolis in the state that some suspected kidnappers nearly abducted Mrs. Jennifer Atiku, one of the wives of the former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar when she visited her father's Onitsha residence at the weekend.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka (DSP) who made the denial in a telephone chat with newsmen Tuesday, said there was no iota of truth in the rumour which is spreading like a wild fire.
Chukwuemeka noted that the true position was that some armed hoodlums who were preparing for a robbery operation were driving past the residence of Jennifer's father on Okosi Road, Inland Town, Onitsha and on seeing a police patrol van coming towards their direction, they thought they were being trailed by the police men and at once they opened fire on the policemen who quickly respondended before the hoodlums fled.
However some eye witnesses who spoke to newsmen on an anonymous condition, said the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers got an information that Atiku's wife was in town and headed to her father's house at Okosi Road to kidnap her, thinking that she only had few policemen guarding her.
The source gathered that on arrival at her father house, at about 8 p.m., the hoodlums first opened fire to see if they could over-power the few policemen guarding her, but when they discovered that there were retinue of policemen around her who returned fire for fire, the hoodlums fled.
It was further gathered that the hoodlums, still hell bent on hitting their target, relocated to Afor Igwe market area at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area and allegedly succeeded in kidnapping somebody else whose identity was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report yesterday.
Some prominent indigenes of the state who spoke on the ugly situation, said the re-emergence of kidnappers in the state was as a result of the shooting and killing of two police informants who retired from kidnap and voluntarily surrendered themselves and their arms to the appropriate authorities and pledged to serve as informants.
According to the source, the two informants whose names were given as Okechukwu Udezuka (a.k.a. Okey Rice) and the other one simply identified as Ebuka had after surrendering themselves and their arms, settled down to give the police the identities of their former gang members and how to locate them, which yielded many results before their untimely death.
But little did Okey Rice and Ebuka know that information had leaked to the hoodlums that they were now police informants and as a result, the hoodlums targeted and shot them dead at New Tarzan Junction, Nkpor along the Enugu/Onitsha expressway, barely a month ago.
Sources disclosed that the bereaved families are now waiting for the state government to provide funds for the funeral ceremonies of the deceased informants since government had always promised that informants would be rewarded handsomely, more so when the deceased had provided information that led to the arrests of many kidnappers, before their untimely death.
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