Angry kidnappers kill member for fleeing with N5m, buying Lexus Jeep

Juliana Francis

IGP, Mohammed Adamu

Twenty-eight-year-old Best Kevwe Iweh and Emmanuel Tomson 30, alleged to be kidnappers, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) for allegedly murdering their gang member, Raymond Enahon.

According to the police, the suspects on August 19, 2019, murdered Enahon for fleeing with N5million ransom, which the gang had earlier extorted from a victim’s family. Enahon, after fleeing with the money, bought a Lexus Jeep and lavished the rest on his numerous girlfriends.

IRT operatives later found the remains of Enahon in a shallow grave in Obiaruku Village, in Delta State. The operation was led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, who is the national head of the IRT units in Nigeria.

According to sources, Kyari and his men launched investigation into the activities of the kidnappers following a directive from the IGP, Mohammed Adamu.

It was further gathered that the remains of Enahon was exhumed after the arrest of Iweh and Tomson. It was heard that the suspects led IRT team to the shallow grave to recover the corpse of Enahon.

A police source disclosed: “The downfall of the gang started after IRT Operatives, on the instruction of the IGP, went to Delta State on the trail of a notorious kidnapping gang, led by Best Kevwe Iweh. The gang, who is a native of Oria Abaraka in Delta State, was successfully arrested. He is a notorious kidnapper and had been terrorising Delta State. The second suspect, Emmanuel Tomson, was arrested on August 18.”

The source further added: “Both suspects have confessed to several kidnappings, including the kidnapping of a former finance Officer in Delta State in August 2018. They also admitted to kidnapping and killing Raymond Enahon, their gang member. Raymond bought a Lexus Jeep RS 330 from N5million ransom realised from one of their kidnappings. Raymond collected the ransom and fled. They confirmed that Raymond bought a Lexus jeep with the money and spent the remaining part of the ransom with his girlfriends. According to the suspects, they lured Raymond somewhere and killed him. After killing Raymond, they sold the jeep for N1.8million.”

Our reporter gathered Kyari and his men are still working round the clock to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.