six kidnap suspects arrested by DSS in Edo

Men of the Department of State Security (DSS) in
Edo State have apprehended six men said to be
involved in the kidnap of a former local
government chairman Mr. Anselm Adima.
The suspects were also said to be involved in the
kidnap of a woman who was raped in the
presence of her daughter, with the pictures of the
act taken. The daughter, who was also a victim
of the kidnappers, was said to have been spared
the trauma of the kidnappers’ raging libido.
Another suspect was said to have been a
fraudster who impersonates the Chief of Air Staff
to hoodwink his unsuspecting victims.
Parading the suspects before Governor Adams
Oshiomhole yesterday, Director of the state
command of the State Security Service (SSS), Mr.
Bello Bakori said: “This group of criminals here
paraded are those involved in fraud, kidnapping,
car snatching and robbery.
He said: “The group was involved in the
kidnapping of the former Transitional Committee
Chairman of Esan North East Local Government
Area, Mr. Anselm Adima, where N3 million was
paid as ransom.
“One of these boys is a notorious fraudster who
goes about swindling members of the public and
even impersonating the Chief of Air Staff. We
have this one, Isaac Ogun, collecting money from
the public using the name of one Mr. Balogun and
just recently, many cases have been established
against him in Jos and other places and luckily he
was arrested recently based on a complaint from
the Airforce that someone is going about
impersonating the Chief of Air Staff.”
The DSS Director said: “Prince Nwanze, Osagie
Oriarevbu, Oziegbe Akhimien, Kenneth Okosun,
Ehizojie Okha were involved in the kidnapping and
snatching of a car belonging to a woman who
was kidnapped along with her daughter at Uromi.
The victim was not only kidnapped but raped by
the suspects and the car later sold in Jos.”
While commending the SSS for a job well done,
Governor Oshiomhole said, “these people we see
here are very normal human beings. When people
tell you their experiences, you think that they are
people made in hell and listening to them, it is
also clear that it is all about greed.
“Some of them are students who want to live like
the boss. They want to own cars, wear the most
expensive clothes. So those are apparently what
have lured them into this very unfortunate thing. I
think each time we are able to apprehend
criminals like these, at least the point is made
that the culture of impunity, is stopped, they
know that something can happen and something
is happening.
“It may take time but as they say, time does not
run against the state. Eventually nobody commits
crime and goes scot free so my appeal to our
young people is you cannot be too smart as to
be able to run away from your own shadow. The
more you run, the more the shadow will chase
you and eventually it will catch up with you.”
He appreciated the Director, officers and men of
the Command for the risk they have been taking
in combating crime and ensuring peace and
security in the state and assured the Command of
the government’s support in the fight against
crime.
Source:The Nation

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