02-22-2019, 06:30 AM
3 Arrested For Planning To Kidnap Lagos Businessman
Friday, February 22, 2019 NEW
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Three suspects identified as Sunday Nwankwo and two employees of an oil and gas merchant, Agu Izu Chukwu, 19, and Tunde Olaewo, 21, have been arrested for planning to kidnap a Lagos businessman.
The three suspects who were arrested for planning to kidnap a Lagos based businessman, Solomon Otungo, in the Ejigbo area of the state, were apprehended at their scheduled meeting point after the Police got credible intelligence about their plan. The arrested suspects planned getting a N60m ransom from Otungo if their plan had succeeded.
The state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Mu’azu, who paraded the suspects on Thursday said;
“The police received credible intelligence received that some newly-employed workers of one Solomon Otungo, an oil and gas merchant in the Bucknor area of Ejigbo, Lagos, were holding nocturnal meetings on how they would kidnap and keep their employer incommunicado until a ransom of N60m was paid.
“Based on the information, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ejigbo Police Station, CSP Olabisi Okuwobi, mobilised police detectives and stormed the venue of the meeting, where AguIzu Chukwu, 19, and Tunde Olaewo, 21, were rounded up and brought to the station.
“The confessional statements of the suspects led to the arrest of one Sunday Nwankwo in the Isolo area of the state. The suspects have confessed to the crime and added that had their plan succeeded, they would have demanded N60m ransom from the businessman’s family.”
The suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
Friday, February 22, 2019 NEW
Three suspects identified as Sunday Nwankwo and two employees of an oil and gas merchant, Agu Izu Chukwu, 19, and Tunde Olaewo, 21, have been arrested for planning to kidnap a Lagos businessman.
The three suspects who were arrested for planning to kidnap a Lagos based businessman, Solomon Otungo, in the Ejigbo area of the state, were apprehended at their scheduled meeting point after the Police got credible intelligence about their plan. The arrested suspects planned getting a N60m ransom from Otungo if their plan had succeeded.
The state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Mu’azu, who paraded the suspects on Thursday said;
“The police received credible intelligence received that some newly-employed workers of one Solomon Otungo, an oil and gas merchant in the Bucknor area of Ejigbo, Lagos, were holding nocturnal meetings on how they would kidnap and keep their employer incommunicado until a ransom of N60m was paid.
“Based on the information, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ejigbo Police Station, CSP Olabisi Okuwobi, mobilised police detectives and stormed the venue of the meeting, where AguIzu Chukwu, 19, and Tunde Olaewo, 21, were rounded up and brought to the station.
“The confessional statements of the suspects led to the arrest of one Sunday Nwankwo in the Isolo area of the state. The suspects have confessed to the crime and added that had their plan succeeded, they would have demanded N60m ransom from the businessman’s family.”
The suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.