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Edo Police Arrests Kidnapper While Buying Food For Gang Members
We waited. As she was going home, we waylaid her with a double barrel
Benin, Edo State – The Edo State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper, James Imelayi (35), as he attempted to purchase food for his gang members and their kidnapped victims.
Imelayi was arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of Lillian Ofonsare, a resident of Ikara Primary School in the Ologbo community near Benin.
The suspected kidnapper said he joined his friends for the operation because he needed money to repair his faulty motor saw.
He said, “We went to the school and met her teaching. We waited. As she was going home, we waylaid her with a double barrel and two cut-to-size guns.
“Thereafter, we trekked through a bush path to the Ologbo River and used a boat to carry her to a hideout and started demanding N5m from her parents.”
He said he was attested at about 8 pm by soldiers and vigilantes when he came out to buy food for the victim and his accomplices.
The command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwanbuzor, said the suspect was arrested through credible intelligence.