I Hid Victim In SoakAway But Didn’t Know He Will Die – Kidnapper

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Nasiru Adah,a suspected kidnapper has narrated how he  abducted a 12 -year old  boy and killed him after collecting  N400,000 ransom from his parents
 Adah, an indigene of Nasarawa state, made the confession to newsmen after he was paraded alongside other suspected criminals  by the Enugu State Police Command
Adah,who works as a security man in the state said he abducted the victim, hid him inside soak -away,but  was unaware he would die .
“It was after I collected the N400,000 from the father and went back to the soak away to bring him out that I noticed he was dead,” he said
The  state’s commisioner of Police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu,said the suspect was arrested on 07/03/2021  by Police Operatives attached to Oji-River Police Division, following high wired intelligence
His arrest,he said,was as a result of a report received on 23/02/2021 at about alleging that a 12-year old boy was kidnapped and a ransom of four hundred thousand naira  paid for his release, before the report was made to the police.
He added:“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect killed the victim and dumped him in a soak-away found in a compound at Ugwuoba, Oji-river, where he works as a security man. The suspect confessed to the crime, while discreet investigation is ongoing to arrest and bring other fleeing members of the gang to book.
The commisioner gave the breakdown of the susspects as 37  male and  two  female suspects saying they were arrested for their involvement in the offences of conspiracy, armed robbery, child stealing and trafficking, unlawful possession of firearms and cultism.
He said :“We equally recovered several items, including firearms and ammunition, motor vehicles, tricycles, motorcycle, TV sets, mobile phones, a laptop and other incriminating items”
According to him, the  breakthroughs are due to sustained synergy with sister security agencies, the Neighbourhood Watch Group and security stakeholders in the state.
Also among the prospects are two female suspects, Peace Ndukwe and Ebere Eze ,who are  Involved in child trafficking
The commissioner said the  suspects were arrested  through a combined effort of Operatives attached to Aninri Police Division and Anti-Human Trafficking/Gender Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department
He said:”Their arrest was due to a report made at the Division by one Edith Onyia that on 08/03/2021 , she went out to fetch bathing water and came back to realize that her 3 years old son, Chinagorom Onyia, was missing. That on enquiry of his whereabouts, her older son told her that Peace Ndukwe came to where they were playing and took his brother away, under the guise of going to buy biscuits for him.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and her confessional statement led to arrest of the second suspect, Ebere Eze, who received the child and was shopping for a prospective buyer. The child was rescued and has been re-united with his parents,” he said
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