The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday paraded a 68-year-old herbalist,
Ajana Onyibor, and two others for their alleged involvement in a series of
kidnapping in Anambra State
The suspects were allegedly responsible for the abduction of one Charles Onyido from Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area.
The suspects were also said to have kidnapped an Onitsha-based legal practitioner (name withheld) at Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area in June.
The state Director of SSS, Mr Alex Okeiyi, who paraded the suspects before journalists in Awka, the state capital, said they had demanded a ransom of N100 million from one of their victims’ family before they were apprehended. Onyibor, from Igbakwu in Ayamelum Local Government, allegedly owned a shrine opposite the building where their kidnap victims were kept, waiting for ransom to be paid
. Okeiyi said the herbalist was believed to be providing spiritual protection to members of the gang, adding that he was arrested through the help of Oyi vigilance group and Nteje police station in Oyi.
Others paraded were 25-year-old Chukwuebuka Okafor aka Ichafu (headscarf) from Uruezealor in Ogidi village and 24-year-old Ernest Elem aka Lamborghini from Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The SSS director said the suspects were apprehended at their hideout at Ogbunike, while a pump action gun, 25 live rounds of cartridges were recovered from them.
Okeiyi, who said investigations were on the matter, warned criminals in the state to desist from their nefarious activities or be ready to face the full wrath of the law as there would be no hiding pace for them in the state.
He said: “Kidnapping is now rare in Anambra State; the command appreciates ongoing efforts by the state government under the leadership of Governor Willie Obiano and sister security agencies to rid the state of criminality.
“We will continue to contribute our own quota in this regard until this state is free from all sorts of crime.”
A kidnap victim, Charles Onyido, praised the efforts of the SSS. Onyido said that the suspects had told him that somebody paid them N20 million to kill him.
He said: “They tied my eyes, used machetes, gun butts and other dangerous weapons to beat me.
They slapped me at will. I did not eat for three days. I also fainted three times.
They equally removed one of my teeth. I saw hell on earth.”
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The suspects were allegedly responsible for the abduction of one Charles Onyido from Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area.
The suspects were also said to have kidnapped an Onitsha-based legal practitioner (name withheld) at Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area in June.
The state Director of SSS, Mr Alex Okeiyi, who paraded the suspects before journalists in Awka, the state capital, said they had demanded a ransom of N100 million from one of their victims’ family before they were apprehended. Onyibor, from Igbakwu in Ayamelum Local Government, allegedly owned a shrine opposite the building where their kidnap victims were kept, waiting for ransom to be paid
. Okeiyi said the herbalist was believed to be providing spiritual protection to members of the gang, adding that he was arrested through the help of Oyi vigilance group and Nteje police station in Oyi.
Others paraded were 25-year-old Chukwuebuka Okafor aka Ichafu (headscarf) from Uruezealor in Ogidi village and 24-year-old Ernest Elem aka Lamborghini from Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The SSS director said the suspects were apprehended at their hideout at Ogbunike, while a pump action gun, 25 live rounds of cartridges were recovered from them.
Okeiyi, who said investigations were on the matter, warned criminals in the state to desist from their nefarious activities or be ready to face the full wrath of the law as there would be no hiding pace for them in the state.
He said: “Kidnapping is now rare in Anambra State; the command appreciates ongoing efforts by the state government under the leadership of Governor Willie Obiano and sister security agencies to rid the state of criminality.
“We will continue to contribute our own quota in this regard until this state is free from all sorts of crime.”
A kidnap victim, Charles Onyido, praised the efforts of the SSS. Onyido said that the suspects had told him that somebody paid them N20 million to kill him.
He said: “They tied my eyes, used machetes, gun butts and other dangerous weapons to beat me.
They slapped me at will. I did not eat for three days. I also fainted three times.
They equally removed one of my teeth. I saw hell on earth.”
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