Crime
Delta Police Raid Brothel, Arrest Five Kidnappers Who Extorted N7.9m Ransom For 70-Year-Old Woman
One single barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size gun, cash sum of Four hundred and fifty thousand naira (#450,000.00) ransom one Moniepoint POS machine
Asaba, Delta State- The Delta State Police Command, have arrested five suspected kidnappers following the abduction of a 70-year-old woman.
The suspects allegedly demanded and received a ransom of N7.9 million before releasing their elderly victim.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, SP Bright Edafe, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed that the suspects have admitted to several armed robbery and kidnapping operations in Ughelli and its surrounding areas, including the abduction of a 70-year-old woman.
Edafe noted that the suspects were apprehended by a specialized team from the Ughelli Area Command at a brothel in Weu town, located in the Ughelli South Local Government Area.
The statement read, “On 12/09/2024 at about 0130hrs Crack Squad attached to Area Command Ughelli acting on a tip off, stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu town Ughelli South LGA and arrested five suspects namely; Dominic Uweru “m” Alias Ovwolo 48YRS, Isaac Oghenerukevwe ‘m’ Alias Plug 34yrs, Oviri Godstime “m” 25yrs, Junior Sunday ‘m’ and Efedeki Adjovo ‘m’.
“One single barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size gun, cash sum of Four hundred and fifty thousand naira (#450,000.00) ransom one Moniepoint POS machine, one OPAY POS machine, wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
“They confessed to various armed robbery/kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman (name withheld) who they kidnapped on 08/09/2024 and collected the sum of Seven million, Nine hundred thousand naira ransom (#7,900,000) on 10/9/2024 before her release. The suspects are in custody and investigation is ongoing.”