**Orchestrated kidnap of
Mike Ozekhome
**Murder of ex-Deputy
Governor of Anambra
**Attacked Warri Federal
Prisons, freed gang members,
killed 3 wardens
**Kidnapped Delta
commissioner, Hope Eghagha
**Abducted several NYSC
members
Residents of Niger Delta,
especially those in Delta State,
yesterday heaved a sigh of
relief following the arrest of a
notorious kidnap kingpin and
bandit, Kelvin Oniarah, by
officials of the State Security
Service, SSS, in Port Harcourt,
the Rivers State capital.
Also known as Kelvin Ibruvwe,
the criminal, who was arrested
at 3 a.m. was soon after
moved to Abuja.
It was gathered that Oniarah
was apprehended by a
combined team of SSS officials
from Abuja and Delta State
Command in collaboration
with the troops of the Joint
Task Force, JTF, in the Niger
Delta, Operation Pulo Shields.
He was identified as being
responsible for the recent
kidnap of a senior lawyer,
Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), in
Edo State, during which four
policemen were killed.
Oniarah was said to have
maintained operational bases
and detention camps in Warri
and Kokori communities in
Delta State and Ugbokolo
community in Benue State. He
was also said to have bases in
Benin in Edo State and Aba in
Abia State.
Delta State Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Adaba,
who confirmed the arrest in a
telephone interview with
National Mirror, described the
development as “a great
achievement.”
The kingpin had been declared
wanted by security agencies
over his involvement in
deadly escapades, especially
armed banditry and
kidnapping in which over 100
persons have been killed in
different parts of the Niger
Delta.
National Mirror learnt that he
enjoyed the backing and
support of his kinsmen while
his criminal exploits lasted.
According to sources, the
bandit was protected by his
kinsmen as he engaged in a
kidnapping and killing spree
while he also operated a
special training camp where
he trained thousands of his
kinsmen and graduated them
into criminal activities.
Concerted efforts by Delta
State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel
Uduaghan, and heads of
security agencies in the
region, including that of JTF to
elicit information that could
lead to the arrest of the
hoodlums from the leaders of
Kokori community, were
rebuffed.
Just in March, he led a bloody
operation to Warri Federal
Prisons, where he freed some
members of his gang, who
were being taken to court for
trial.
Three prison wardens and a
top official of the Petroleum
Training Institute, PTI, Effurun,
Delta State, Mr. Julius
Ogungbemi, were killed in the
daylight operation.
He was also fingered as the
mastermind of attacks on
some high profile
personalities, including a
member of the House of
Representatives, Mr. Ndudi
Elumelu; National Vice-
Chairman, South-South of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Dr. Steve Oru, in Eku and
Agbarho areas of Delta State,
in February.
Delta State Commissioner for
Higher Education, Prof. Hope
Eghagha, had also been
abducted by the gang led by
the hoodlum.
Although Eghagha was lucky
but his police escort was killed
in the encounter. The
commissioner was freed after
parting with millions of naira.
The wife of the Commissioner
for Basic and Secondary
Education, Prof. Patrick
Muoboghare, was also held by
the Kelvin gang and the
university don was made to
cough out millions of naira to
free his spouse from captivity.
Many lecturers of Delta State
University, DELSU, Abraka,
were kidnapped and in some
cases killed by the Kelvin-led
gang.
In Abuja, the Department of
State Security Service, DSS, said
the hoodlum carried out
several armed robberies and
kidnap operations in Delta,
Edo, Rivers and Anambra
states.
Some of his other offences
were listed to include the
kidnap and murder of a
former Deputy Governor of
Anambra State, Dr. Chudi
Nwike; the kidnap of a Judge
of the Edo State Judiciary as
well as the kidnap of a top
female official of the Federal
Inland Revenue Service, FIRS,
two victims which the DSS
declined to mention their
names.
He was also fingered in the
abduction of several members
of the National Youth Service
Corps, NYSC.
At a point, members of the
Bench in Delta State had
prepared for a strike in protest
against incessant attacks on
judges in the state by the
gang.
The intervention of the
governor averted the action.
Soldiers of JTF and policemen
were not spared by the blood-
thirsty hoodlum, who killed
and maimed many military
personnel and policemen.
His house in Kokori was
demolished by the police at
the height of his exploits.
Apparently seeking a soft
landing, Kelvin had nine days
ago, sneaked into Kokori,
masquerading as an Urhobo
agitator and sought the
development of the Urhobo
axis of Delta State, by the
federal and state
governments.
The criminal, who beat the
security web in the area to
address thousands of his
kinsmen and journalists,
announced the formation of a
militant group, Liberation
Movement of the Urhobo
People, LIMUP.
Declaring himself as national
leader of LIMUP, he spoke as
over 3,000 women and
youths cheered him and
armed members of his gang,
who were decked in military
camouflage uniforms.
He issued a 60-day ultimatum
to both Delta and Federal
Governments to develop
Kokori in particular and
Urhoboland in general or his
armed group would blow up
oil installations in the areas.
His sudden appearance and
threat to attack oil installations
in Urhoboland triggered a
fresh manhunt for him by the
security agents.
Adaba, who was frustrated by
the deadly exploits, once
lamented: “Kelvin recruits
undergraduates, graduates,
Okada riders, and he buys
motorcycles for them and
tutors them. He has so many
gangs in the state working for
him. There is a network; this is
what I have discovered and
we have been finding it
difficult to get at him because,
in that axis, the moment they
see any stranger, they will
blow the whistle.
“However, we have been able
to bulldoze to some extent; it
was in Kelvin’s house that we
picked up the personal
assistant to a commissioner in
the Delta State Oil Producing
Areas Development
Commission, DESOPADEC, who
was kidnapped. His (Kelvin)
parents were there, but you
know this arrest by proxy, we
do not want to be involved in
it; otherwise, the person that
is giving everybody headache
in this state is Kelvin and he is
from Kokori.”
Soldiers invaded Kokori in the
aftermath of his arrest
yesterday. There was a report
of exchange of gun fires
between troops and members
of his gang in the community.
The details of the bloody
encounter were not available
at the time of filing this report
last night.
It was, however, learnt that
scores of persons were
arrested by the federal troops
in Kokori as the residents fled
the community in droves.
The police commissioner told
National Mirror that the
suspect would be prosecuted
after preliminary
investigations by the
authorities in Abuja.
“It is a welcome development
that the notorious kingpin has
been apprehended finally and
he is going to face
prosecution for his various
crimes. He is already in Abuja,
answering questions from the
interrogators,” added an
elated CP.
The DSS in a statement, which
was signed by its Deputy
Director, Press and Public
Relations, Marilyn Ogar
described Oniarah as a
“notorious terrorist, kidnap
kingpin and armed robber,
who has been on the wanted
list of security agencies.”
The DSS said he had
orchestrated the kidnap of
Mike Ozekhome on August 24,
2013, along the Auchi- Benin
road as well as several
members of the National
Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and
security agents.
“Kelvin Oniarah has been
taken into custody and
investigation of his notorious
activities has commenced,”
Ogar added.


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Oh boy!!! Dis is one surnamabit*h criminal....abeg how much b hin NET WORTH? D guy suppose dey Forbe list oh.

Sleekydee: Oh boy!!! Dis is one surnamabit*h criminal....abeg how much b hin NET WORTH? D guy suppose dey Forbe list oh.

Lol!!! Correct Forbes list.

ok

Please no jail term for this guy. The death penalty by lethal injection is preferable.

wow....................they should give him amnesty....................criminality pays in nigeria.......................he is a hero.........celebrate him





some day....maybe today am gonna make front page


akachukwu diya.........

Beast of a nation.thank God he's arrested.

Sorry Kelvin your own struggle is over i said it that dis dude wouldnt not be lucky like Tompolo an co its tym we stat condeming criminals even in our locality expose all lazy the idiots

Mayany: Sorry Kelvin your own struggle is over i said it that dis dude wouldnt not be lucky like Tompolo an co its tym we stat condeming criminals even in our locality expose all lazy the idiots

Yeah thats right.we need to start condeming the criminals amongst us and not supporting them.

I won't be that bad if a huge 2000 pounds stone is tied around his arms and legs and thrown into the Atlantic ocean.

They go release vexation for shekau ontop this guy body...after kidnapping and killing people,he now wants to form that he is fighting for a cause,God punish ur head there.

Criminality is relative in nigeria.Politicians reap the country of her resources and they think they are legit.Same with police that waylays people on the road and collect egunje.Judges take money from culprits and turn cases upside down.Pastors and bishops the same.

Then ordinary man that bears the brunt of the evil of the men on top takes up arms to fight to stay alive,they call him deadly criminal.It is all about who is able to define and defend his position in nigeria,not about rule of law.

Mayany: Sorry Kelvin your own struggle is over i said it that dis dude wouldnt not be lucky like Tompolo an co its tym we stat condeming criminals even in our locality expose all lazy the idiots

Well this is your wish. The truth is that he will be put away for some time and afterwards the story will change. Charges would be dropped. And negotiation for his amnesty would kickoff. The only assurance of justice I have would come from Mike Ozokhome. That's if he would not yield to the threat of kelvin's gang and his greedy sponsors. Kelvin should have been gunned down on the spot just like Osisikankwu of Aba.

Ultimatum! We will reach it with him being in jail.
Btw,Which militant bears a name like kelvin,its not tough not scary.

Names like asaro dokubo,tompolo are more unappriopate.

*trembling*

He even kidnapped corpers
he deserves the death penalty
he is a common criminal with no course but his pocket.

This bâstard should be dissolved in a drum filled with Grade A corrosive acid. Indeed, I can think of 1001 other creative ways of dispatching this despicable vermin to hell. He certainly doesn't deserve to be killed in any of the 'conventional' ways.

Of course, I presume that imprisonment is out of the question. Putting this beast in prison would he an insult to our collective humanity and decency.

redsun: Criminality is relative in nigeria.Politicians reap the country of her resources and they think they are legit.Same with police that waylays people on the road and collect egunje.Judges take money from culprits and turn cases upside down.Pastors and bishops the same.

Then ordinary man that bears the brunt of the evil of the men on top takes up arms to fight to stay alive,they call him deadly criminal. It is all about who is able to define and defend his position in nigeria,not about rule of law.

Those of you who espouse this obnoxious point of view are probably complicit in violent criminality. . . otherwise, you would know the extent of sorrow, tears, and trauma that these beasts callled kidnappers, armed robbers, terrorists and other violent criminals inflict on innocent people. Wait until your mother (or wife, or both) are kidnapped and gang-raped for two weeks, and then you sell off all your possessions to pay ransom for their release, and on top of all that, they are killed because your ransome falls short. Then and only then should you lecture us about how justifiable it is for "ordinary man" to embrace violent criminality in response to corruption in government and elsewhere.

Under no condition whatsoever should anyone constitute a nuisance to fellow members of society in the name of "fighting to survive". You can't go around robbing, maiming, raping, and killing people, and unleashing terror on innocent and decent members of society just because you think you have been shortchanged by institutions of governance. Otherwise, you are WORSE than an animal, and you shall be treated as such when you are caught. Absolute nonsense.