The remains of Chief Robert Namene Loolo, the Paramount Ruler of Luuwa community in NyoKhana District of Khana Local Government Area, has been recovered by the Rivers State Police Command.
The decayed body of the late monarch, who was kidnapped in 2019, was excavated from a creek linking Luwa, Bera, and Bane Communities by a team led by DPO of Bori Police Station, Inspector Gbako Amgbasim.
Chief Robert was whisked away from his residence on June 27th, 2019, by some irate youths of Luuwa community.
Dr Douglas Fabeke, a son of the deceased told newsmen that the family twice paid ransom to secure his father’s release from his abductors, but he was still kept hostage.
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According to Fabeke, his late father said was tortured and tied to a stick inside the creek and left to die without help.
“He was kidnapped from his house by a youths group in the community who were fighting over the position of a youth president. We tried to beg these youths to release him for us; we had to pay ransom twice,”he said.
“We reported the matter to the police and to all the security agencies in the state; they got involved and tried to make sure he was released but after some time, there was silence. We went into more action and after about a few months; we were able to arrest a native doctor who confessed that he had been killed but did not know where he was buried.
“Ever since we have been on this issue, but two months ago, we renewed effort through intelligence gathering to make sure we locate where he was buried, and by the grace of God, today, we were able to mobilise forces from the Bori divisional police headquarters, with a combined team, and they stormed the forest.
“We were able to discover where he was buried. Everything to identify him with was there, we noticed he was tortured. He was tied to a tree.”
Spokesperson of the Command, SP Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident said that the deceased remains were recovered by police operatives.
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