A suspected
kidnapper, Nnamdi Ethelbert, Ogidi, has been arrested by detectives attached to
the Anti-kidnapping Squad, Imo State Police Command.
Ogidi has a
record of kidnapping elderly women.
The
34-year-old confessed to the police that he and his gang members who are
currently at large have abducted several persons out of which 15 of them were
elderly women.
Ogidi was
arrested after he kidnapped a 74-year-old Regina Nkwocha, from Umuanyika,
Ngorokpala Local Government Area of Imo state.
They had
entered negotiation for N20million ransom when detectives busted their hideout
at Umuaguma in Owerri west, Imo state on May 23, 2018. Ogidi was arrested while
the other members of his gang escaped.
The Imo
state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi told the Sun that the suspect,
Ogidi popularly known as Bori and his gang members have been on the wanted list
of the police over several cases of kidnapping.
The Police
Commissioner explained that back in November 29, 2017, Ogidi and his gang kidnapped
Adulphus Akagha aged 94; on May 7, 2018, they kidnapped 65 -year-old Dorothy
Nkwo and demanded for N5million ransom.
She was
later released after the family paid N500, 000.
He stated
that Ogidi had successfully kidnapped Mrs. Nkwocha and was negotiating for a
N20million ransom when detectives led by Supol Sani Ahmed stormed their hideout
and rescued the victim.
At the
police station, Ogidi confessed that he joined the gang of kidnappers five
years ago. “I am from Imo State and after dropping out of senior secondary
school, I learnt how to become a mechanic.
“Along the
line, I met bad friends who initiated me into the deadly cult group known as
Debam fraternity. Most of them were into one bad thing or the other, so it was
easy for me to join a gang of kidnappers who are also members of the cult.
“We derive
pleasure in kidnapping elderly women and while their family members will be
running around for ransom, we will take turns to r#pe the women. Our hideout is
at Egbema local government. We prefer elderly women because it is easier to
control them and their family members are always in a hurry to pay for their
release” he said.
Ogidi
begged all the elderly women that they had kidnapped to forgive him. “I know
that we have made a lot of money from kidnapping but because of the trauma that
those women who are old enough to be my mother went through, I am sincerely
sorry. I still hope that the police will arrest the others because I cannot
face the consequence of our action alone.”
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