Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested by officers attached to the Lagos State Police Command.
The kidnappers apprehended were identified as, Edet Ekuno, 32; Sunday Samiga, 24; Hope Okon, 27 and Unuagbon Isaiah, 31. They were apprehended following a tip off gotten by the Command.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, while parading the suspects before journalist noted that on March 7, at about 2am, he got a call that some kidnappers were putting up in D2 Hotel located at Ojodu Berger, Lagos, and that they were planning to abduct a businessman in Magodo Estate.
The Lagos State police boss added that on getting the information, he immediately sent out OC SARS, SP Abba Kyari, to round them up.
The suspects however confessed to committing several kidnappings in Akwa Ibom and Lagos states respectively.
Okon, one of the kidnapper while confessing to the crime said, “I am a kidnapper, and I have kidnapped several people in Akwa Ibom State.Okon noted, “I was part of the six-member gang that kidnapped Mama Ikwaor in 2010. We collected N5 million from the family. I was given N800,000 from the deal. Edward is our gang leader.
“Later I came to Lagos and joined another gang of kidnappers in Ajah. We went to Ajah to kidnap a victim, but the operation failed because the man shouted and we narrowly escaped being caught. We were arrested in a hotel in Ojodu while planning how to kidnap a businessman,’’ he stated.
In his own account, Samiga said: “I owned the guns. I used to snatch bags from people, using commercial motorcycle. Later, I joined this gang.”
While leaping to his defense, one of the suspects identified as Ekuno said he was not involved in the various kidnapping operations. He further added that he only gave out information of the victim to the gang.
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