Two suspected kidnappers, Wada Mustapha
and Ibrahim Yakubu, who allegedly kidnapped a 50 year old woman, Mrs
Mary Ocheje in Kogi State have met their waterloo at Imere in
Igalamela/Odolu local government area of the state.
While Mustapha was arrested alive, Yakubu
lost his life while trying to evade arrest. Regardless, the
commissioner of police in the state, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, paraded
Mustapha and Yakubu’s corpse before journalists in Lokoja, the state
capital, on Thursday.
Ojukwu explained that the suspected
kidnappers had invaded Ocheje‘s compound on Wednesday and they were able
to gain entry through the car porch ceiling in the house. He noted that
the suspects collected five cell phones, abducted the Ocheje and drove
her away in her Honda Accord car.
The
CP stated that “unfortunately for the suspects”, the car developed
problem on their way and they had to force the woman to walk inside the
bush from 1am to 5am.
He stated that while they were trekking
in the bush, they met three men on a motorcycle, adding that the
suspects beat up the men and forcibly took away the motorcycle after
threatening the men at gun point.
Ojukwu explained further that the
kidnappers placed the woman in between the two of them on the motorcycle
and continued on their journey, but when they got to a village called
Imere, some of the residents identified the motorcycle as belonging to
their kinsmen, which had been reportedly snatched from them.
According to him, the residents started
shouting “thief, thief” and that the shouts alerted the vigilante men in
the area who pursued them. He noted that Mustapha was later arrested
alive while Yakubu allegedly died while trying to escape from arrest.
Ojukwu advised members of the public to
be wary of people of questionable character. He said the command would
not tolerate kidnapping, vandalism, robbery and other forms of violence
and criminal activities in the state.
Ocheje, who expressed gratitude to God,
the Kogi State Police Command and the vigilance group for their prompt
action, said her rescue was an act of God.
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