A suspected kidnapper,
Chukwukadebia Nwanosike, has revealed that his gang had demanded $200,000
ransom before they would release their victims.
Nwanosike, who was paraded alongside other suspects at the Imo State Police Command, Owerri
before newsmen on Wednesday, September 22, said that nothing was paid to them to release the victims because their job was later busted by security personnel.The 38-year-old suspect from Otulu
in Oru West Local Government Area kidnapped two victims and during
interrogation, he mentioned other members of his syndicate.
He told journalists during his arrest that he kept the two victims in his uncle’s house and after five days of
their stay, his gang members decided to leave him to watch over the place while
they go outside to buy something, but he refused.
According to him, fighting
immediately ensued, adding that it was in that process that the victims
escaped.
Another suspect, Festus Ekeogu,
said that he did not know their victim before they kidnapped him at Aladimma
Owerri.
Ekeogu, who claimed to be their
driver, said that he had not done the business before, adding that it was his
first time.
On how much was given to him as his
share from a car the gang stole and sold, he said that he was not part of the
people that sold it.
Another suspect, Izuchukwu Duru, a
native of Ogboko in Ideator South, told journalists that he got his pump action
rifle from a security man from Aguneri in Anambra State.
He admitted that he owned the
pump-action and a double-barrel gun, which he himself and his men wanted to use
to form another gang.
Duru said he was caught in his
vehicle which he used to carry something for somebody whom he said was
innocent.
He said that he had hidden the
pump-action rifle inside the load he was carrying to avoid being identified by
security personnel.
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