A landlady, whose name was not disclosed, was kidnapped in Umuike Allu area of Rivers State while she was on the farm with her son, a student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State.
The police have rescued a landlady
and her son who were abducted by her tenant, Michael Obi, to raise money to
settle the arrears of rent he was owing the former.
Obi, 34, told journalists
on Tuesday in Abuja that his friend, Kelechi Ndukwu, carried out the abduction
to obtain ransom from the victims which would then be used to settle the
N70,000 arrears of rent he was owing his landlady.
He said, “Things have been
very difficult for me, so I mentioned this to my friend, Madman (Ndukwu) that I
am owing my landlady and I needed N70,000 to settle the arrears of rent.
“He told me not to worry
and said he would organise her abduction for ransom which would be used to
settle the rent.
“When the woman and her son
were on their farm, my friend and his two friends, abducted them and demanded
N200,000 but they paid N150,000 after four days.”
Obi explained that the
abduction was carried out by Ndukwu, Ifeanyi Ezechukwu,28 and Chinedu Amadi,
18.
The police spokesman, Jimoh
Moshood, who paraded the suspects, said Ezechukwu and Amadi were arrested at
Umuanwa community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The police tendered the
items recovered from them. These
included one locally made Revolver pistol, four live ammunition, expended
ammunition, one locally made pistol, three live cartridges, one expended
cartridge and N200,000.
“The suspects were
identified by the victims and will be charged to court on completion of
investigation,” Moshood said.
The police spokesman
further disclosed that the operatives of the IG Monitoring Unit also arrested
two brothers, John Oteh, 25 and Atochi Oteh, 41 for cult-related activities.
Moshood stated that the
police operatives swooped on the suspects at their Iceland Confraternity
den in Ebitanwo/Rumuakude communities.
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