Delta state police arrest Oghara Kidnap kingpin

– Police in Delta state have apprehended one of the gunmen behind kidnapping in Oghara – The apprehended suspect has given names of other members of the syndicate – Police are still investigating, in a bid to apprehend other members of the gang A gunman who is said to be a top member of a kidnap syndicate has been arrested in Delta state. The arrest was confirmed on Wednesday, March 16. Astonishingly, the 34-year-old suspect, Best Odeh in his confessional statement, revealed that members of his gang were responsible for series of abductions in Oghara community. According to The Vanguard, the suspect gave the identities one of their abducted victims simply as Candy, revealing that the sum of N500,000 was collected as ransom for his release.. Others according to him, were one Mrs Avi Omotie of Ovade village, Oghara and Mrs Rose Asuai. He said: “We kidnapped Mrs Omotie last year while Mrs Asuai who lives at Oghara junction was also kidnapped last year, precisely on October 8, 2016. Members of my gang are Alaba Gold, Godstime Ekwereme. They both live in Oghara village, while our leader is Onos Okerobo, he is from Otumara village in Oghara. Our targets are usually from Oghara and are usually those we know their financial status. I went into kidnapping because I had nothing doing, no hand- work , no job. “I did not even go to school” he said without any sign of remorse.

Confirming his arrest, spokesperson for the Delta state police command, Celestina Kalu said: “In the continuous manhunt for kidnappers terrorizing Oghara axis, detectives attached to Oghara division while acting on a tip off,arrested one Best Odeh of Otumara village. During interrogation, he confessed his membership of a notorious kidnap gang headed by a wanted kidnap kingpin, one Onos Okerobo of Otumara village, Oghara. Items recovered from him included an improvised single barrel cut to size gun. “Meanwhile, investigation is ongoing while manhunt for other members of the gang continues,” the police spokesman said. In the same vein, about 52 suspected criminals have been arrested and detained by the Delta state police command in connection with various crimes. The state commissioner of police, Alkali Baba Usman, who announced the harvest of the suspects while parading them before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Asaba, the state capital, disclosed that 27 of them were arrested on the night of March 2, during a raid in Asaba.