By Austin Ogwuda
A 28-year-old man, who specializes in masterminding his own kidnap and other members of his family has been arrested.
It was gathered that this strange style of kidnapping led to the death of the suspect’s blood sister who was kidnapped along with her husband before he was uncovered.
Delta State Police command’s spokesman Bright Edafe confirmed the incident in a press statement made available to The Town Hall Media.
According to the statement, “the command has been investigating the murder of one Regina Ogana, female, who was kidnapped alongside her husband and other members of her family on 02/08/2023 .
“The Command received another distress call from the husband of the deceased that one of his brothers Eseoghene Ezekiel Obeje male aged 28, made a suspicious call to him that he was kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of N500,000 and the money was transferred into the said Eseoghene’s account as his ransom.
“The Commissioner of Police CP Wale Abass gave a marching order to the DPO Oreropke Division to embark on an intelligence-led investigation and ensure that the perpetrators are arrested.
“Consequently on 11/08/2023 at about 1145hrs, acting on technically generated information”, the statement went on, “operatives of the Divisional Anti-Crime Patrol team led by the DPO CSP Paul E. Oboware stormed Odovie community Ughelli North LGA and arrested the said Eseoghene Ezekiel Obeje at the same spot where the sum of N1,300,000.00 was earlier paid as ransom for the release of his elder brother and husband of the deceased.
“Investigation revealed that the said Eseoghene is a member of Eiye confraternity, he faked his own kidnapped and is also suspected to have masterminded the kidnap of his brother and other family members which led to the death of Regina Ogana.
“The suspect is in custody and investigation is ongoing”, it added.