The Rivers State Police Command has said that two suspected kidnappers have confessed that they demanded one AK-47 and 12 general purpose machine guns as ransom for the release of their victim, Mrs. Chinyere Olumma. Olumma was rescued on Friday, May 22.

The suspects, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad, had given the family of the victim an option of paying N50m as ransom or providing one AK-47 and 12 general purpose machine guns before their victim would be released.

Mohammad, who spoke with newsmen on Tuesday, disclosed that the hoodlums had initially collected the sum of N1m from Olumma’s family for the upkeep of their victim.

Luck, however, ran out of the two suspects as they were rounded up by the police in Abua as they shared the N1m meant for the victim’s upkeep. They were caught in one of the suspects’ room.

“It was sometime around 1am in the morning, they kidnapped one woman by the name Mrs. Chinyere Oluma from Erema in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area. They kidnapped her and then made contact with the family of the victim.

“They demanded N50m with an option of providing one AK-47 rifle and 12 RPMG, that is General Purpose Machine Gun. The kidnappers called the family of the victim to give them N1m for the upkeep of the victim and themselves. The N1m you see with them is the money they demanded for the upkeep of the victim and themselves. So, this money you are seeing is the N1m that was given to them. They (kidnappers) did not know we were tracking them after they received the N1m.

“So, we tracked and caught them at Abua. When our men got there, they were four and they were with the money before they were arrested. You can see the charms we recovered from them. On their way coming from their hideout, their colleague from behind opened fire on our men. Our men injured one of the hoodlums, who later died in a hospital and then, one of them escaped. The two we have here could not escape and out of the pressure mounted on them, they took our men to where they kept the woman (their victim) inside the bush near Egbeda,” Mohammad said.

Apart from the cash sum of N1m recovered from them, a rope used in tying their victim to a tree was also recovered from the suspected kidnappers.

However, one of the suspects, identified as Solomon Obigwe, said he never knew that his friend (Christian Enwe) was a kidnapper and that he was unfortunate to be with him (Enwe) and his friends when police struck. Obigwe, who was silent on the confession he made to the police, pleaded for forgiveness and promised to turn a new leaf.

“I was there when he (Christian Enwe) came in with his friends with his bag. As he came, he told me as a younger brother that we should go to my house. When we got there, I asked how manage they got such money. They told me they kidnapped somebody and the person paid them this money.

“We argued over their action. I have never kidnapped before and I have never had that in mind since I was born. I was arguing about how they got such amount of money when police came and arrested four of us,” Obigwe said.

Source : http://www.punchng.com/feature/city-news-feature/kidnappers-demand-ak-47-machine-guns-as-ransom/

choo


every ministry is upgrading

dedicate dis FTC to buhari

though am a strong pro PDP

but we have to embrace change

Nothing wey person no go hear for this country! Of course they will need to add to their armoury,useless assholes.

Oya kirikiri with out explanation...

Hehehehe

Orisirisii

You were arguing with him on how he got the money when the police struck

..story for little children.. Mtcheeew

Oh boy, this one Na die o! Even those to drop the ransom are at risk!

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wonder shall never end

they should b sentence to death by hanging

nawa o

Is this not Johnson?

Imagine

What a country!

Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner.

So they wanted to graduate to full scale armed robbery with Ak47 and 12 GP machine guns . E be like say na bank dem wan dey rob . Thank God they were nabbed... Other member(s) should be traced and arrested.

were they planning a war? machine guns?

Stu.pid kidnappers!

They started the trade and cannot stop it now.

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Hmm! They caught them with the man still intact...Good one. And it also good the police men didn't try and pocket the money and claim they didn't find any money on them. Anyway,if you have problem lasting long in bed, hit me up on BBM- 7C22F6EC.

Pope22:
Is this not Johnson?

Ur best friend

Wonders shall never end

Ok

These kidnappers no get sense either 50m or AK47. How much is AK47?

Are they planning a war?

Hmm

it starts small, first he dislikes honest ways, thinking its cool,...
next he thinks young ppl who work hard and earn a humble pay are being stupid and slow,...
after a couple of outings with ppl of like minds and intents he finds himself here,...
then he blames the devil for his wrong doings,...


be wise fellas, be wise and control ur thoughts... do the right thing.