THE mastermind of the Yahoo Plus gang that
abducted and murdered a 300-level student of
Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Elozino
Ogege, has slumped and died However, there is an unconfirmed report that
gangsters beheaded a 12-year-old girl, Eguono,
at Oghara, the country home of former governor
of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, Thursday, less
than two weeks after suspected Yahoo Plus boys
decapitated a woman. The gang leader of Elozino’s murder allegedly
slumped and died when police detectives
trapped him at his hideout in Abraka, but four
other suspects, including an herbalist, two
private security guards are in police custody at
the Police Headquarters, Asaba, Delta State. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Delta
Command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the
death of the mastermind to Vanguard. While two of the suspects, a private security
guard and internet fraudster, who spoke to our
reporter, admitted they participated in the crime,
the herbalist and private security supervisor
spoke tongue in cheek. DSP Aniamaka disclosed that police arrested a
sixth suspect, a little girl used by the mastermind
as red herring to make phone, but the police
believe she is a victim. “The mastermind known to be a fraudster just
returned from Ghana, we made efforts to pick
him, but it was not easy, but what was in our
favour was our promptness, the speed with
which we worked. Between the Thursday that
incident happened and Saturday, we have got most of the suspects. “Yes, one of them slumped; in fact, the master
mind knowing that we have got him slumped
and gave up the ghost. “Quickly, the second fraudster, Desmond, was
caught and he told us he had been engaged in
four previous cases. He identified the herbalist
that they take the body parts of female folk to for
ritual,” he said. Desmond admitted to Vanguard that he is an
internet fraudster and it was the herbalist that
asked them to get the eyes, breasts and hearts of
their victims for charms that will make any white
man accept whatever they tell them in their line of
business. The herbalist denied the allegation, but Desmond
insisted they bring body parts to him after killing
their victims. The security guard, Onos who was in possession
of Elozino’s phone that enabled the police to
track him, confessed that his supervisor engaged
him to work for the gang, but the supervisor,
Nwaosisi, denied the charge. However, Onos said his boss tactically deployed
him to work with the gang and was sorry for
participating in the crime.