A forty-one-year-old leader of a kidnap syndicate, Morrison Godwin alongside other members of his gang have been apprehended by the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Decoy Squad, led by ASP Julius Robinson.
The suspects have been terrorising Warri and its environs.
The other suspected members of the kidnap gang who were nabbed include, Oghene Ogaga Sylvester, Henry Edeki, Ominike Sunday, Raymond Etchie, Felix Okoro, Theophilus Akpofi and Jerusalem Sunday, all adult males.
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Godwin, the leader of the kidnap syndicate was arrested at Amukpe Area of Sapele Town at about 1100hrs while others were arrested on 26/11/20023 at their meeting point.
The criminals were arrested for the alleged kidnap of a forty-three-year-old woman along Shell Road in Sapele on 19/11/2023 at about 9pm, while driving in her ML-350 Mercedes Benz.
The victim was taken in her vehicle until the vehicle ran out of fuel and she was moved into their operational tricycle.
The kidnappers released her on 22/11/2023 after the payment of two million naira (#2.000,000) ransom.
DSP Bright Edafe, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the report in a statement signed gave the names of the suspects saying, “Raymond Etchie ‘m’ 46yrs who negotiated and received the said ransom; Felix Okoro ‘m’ 40yrs who is one of the syndicate’s operational driver; Oghene Ogaga sylvester ‘m’ 45yrs who guarded the victim; Henry Edeki ‘m’ 35yrs, Ominike Sunday ‘m’ 23yrs, Jerusalem Sunday ‘m’ 35yrs, and Theophilus Akpofi “m” 29yrs.”
According to him, “All suspects confessed to the crime admitting their various roles and have been identified by the victim.
“The suspects during interrogation disclosed the location of the victim’s vehicle which was later recovered at Oghara Town.
“Effort is being intensified to recover the syndicate’s operational weapons.”
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