Personnel of the Department of State
Security in Edo State have nabbed six men said to be involved in the kidnap of
a former Local Government Chairman in the state, Anselm Adima.
The suspects were also said to be
involved in the kidnap of a woman who was defiled in the presence of her
daughter, with the pictures of the act taken. The daughter who was also a
victim of the kidnappers was not defiled.
Another suspect was said to have
been a fraudster who impersonated the Chief of Air Staff to hoodwink his unsuspecting victims.
Parading the suspects before
Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Wednesday, Director of the state command of the
State Security Service, Bello Bakori said, “this group of criminals here
paraded are those involved in fraud, kidnapping, car snatching and robbery”.
He said: “the group was involved in
the kidnapping of the former Transitional Committee Chairman of Esan North East
Local Government Area, Mr. Anselm Adima where the sum of N3 million was paid as
ransom.
“One of these boys is a notorious
fraudster who goes about swindling members of the public and even impersonating
the Chief of Air Staff. We have this one, Isaac Ogun collecting money from the
public using the name of one Mr. Balogun and just recently, many cases have
been established against him in Jos and other places and luckily he was
arrested recently based on a complaint from the Airforce that someone is going
about impersonating the Chief of Air Staff”.
The SSS Director further said,
“Prince Nwanze, Osagie Oriarevbu, Oziegbe Akhimien, Kenneth Okosun, Ehizojie
Okha were involved in the kidnapping and snatching of a car belonging to a
woman who was kidnapped along with her daughter at Uromi. The victim was not
only kidnapped but defiled by the suspects and the car later sold in Jos”.
While commending the SSS for a job
well done, Governor Oshiomhole said, “these people we see here are very normal
human beings. When people tell you their experiences, you think that they are
people made in hell and listening to them, it is also clear that it is all
about greed.
“Some of them are students who want
to live like the boss. They want to own cars, wear the most expensive clothes.
So those are apparently what have lured them into this very unfortunate thing.
I think each time we are able to apprehend criminals like these, at least the
point is made that the culture of impunity, is stopped, they know that
something can happen and something is happening.
“It may take time but as they say,
time does not run against the state. Eventually nobody commits crime and goes
scot free so my appeal to our young people is you cannot be too smart as to be
able to run away from your own shadow. The more you run, the more the shadow
will chase you and eventually it will catch up with you”.
He appreciated the Director,
officers and men of the Command for the risk they have been taking in combating
crime and ensuring peace and security in the state and assured the Command of
the State Government’s continued support in the fight against crime in the
state.
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