Police
accuse suspect of gang killings, robbery
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police,
Ibrahim Idris’s Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have arrested a
suspect, who abducted his two employers for ransom.
The suspect, Saturday Jackson, without mincing
words, said that he kidnapped his two employers, identified as Solo and
Barrister because they didn’t pay him for services rendered.
He said that he assisted them to guard their landed
property from land grabbers and when it was time to pay him, they breached
their contracts.
According to Jackson, when he got tired of waiting
for his money, he organized for their abduction.
He collected N500, 000 before he released the
barrister and N200, 000 from Solo.
Asked the names of his employers, he said: “I don’t
really know their full names. One is a lawyer, so I call him Barrister. The
second one is Solomon, so I call him Solo.”
The police described Jackson as the leader of the notorious
Islanders cult group terrorizing Port Harcourt city and other adjoining parts
of Rivers State.
Police said that he was also arrested for taking
part in several gang related killings, armed robbery and kidnapping.
IRT operatives, led by a Chief Superintendent of Police
(CSP), Mr. Abba Kyari, trailed Jackson
to the Abuah area of the state, where
the suspect was arrested and a locally made rifle and a pump action gun
recovered from him.
The police further said that Jackson has led members
of his cult group in killing several persons, opposed to his cult group.
The police source further said: “We have received
several information that Jackson and his gang have carried out several killings
around the Abuah area of Port Harcourt. The killings by Jackson and his gang
members became a source of worry to the state governor. Jackson is the leader of the Islander cult
group in Abuah area. His gang has been locked in a bloody fight for supremacy
with members of the Greenlanders cult group.
He’s also involved in several kidnapping and his men had also
coordinated several armed robbery around the state. Police received information
of his activities, so tracked and arrested him.”
The suspect admitted being a cult leader. He also
confessed to have participated in two kidnappings. He explained further that he
has been offered amnesty by the Rivers State Government.
Speaking in IRT custody, Jackson said: “I’m from Abuah
area of Port Harcourt. We have two pump action guns and two thane guns. We used the guns in kidnapping. We kidnapped Mr.
Solo and a lawyer. They are both from
Abuah. Mr. Solo paid N200, 000 for his release
and Barrister gave us N500, 0000. We
kidnapped them in February 2016. We kidnapped them because we worked for them
as security guards. We guarded lands in Abuah for them. They refused to pay
us. But recently, Governor Wike gave us
amnesty. We have submitted our arms. I
have not killed anyone, but we are always fighting with Green landers cult
group in our area.”
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