A kidnap suspect in Owerri, Imo State, identified as Chukwukadebia Nwanosike, has made an open confession that his gang demanded $200,000 ransom before they would release their victims.
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Nwanosike, who was paraded alongside other suspects at the Imo State Police Command, Owerri, before newsmen said that nothing was paid to them to release their victim because their job was later busted by security personnel.
The 38-year-old suspect from Otulu in Oru West Local Government Area kidnapped two victims and during interrogation, he mentioned other members of his syndicate.
He told journalists during his parade that he kept the two victims in his uncle’s house and after five days of their stay, his gang members decided to leave him and go outside to buy something but he refused.
According to him, fighting immediately ensued, adding that it was in that process that the victims escaped.
Another suspect, Festus Ekeogu, said that he did not know their victim before they kidnapped him at Aladimma Owerri.
Ekeogu, who claimed to be their driver, said that he had not done the business before, adding that it was his first time.
On how much was given to him as his share from a car the gang stole and sold, he said that he was not part of the people that sold it.
Another suspect who claimed to be a member of IPOB, Izuchukwu Duru, a native of Ogboko in Ideator South, told journalists that he got his pump action rifle from a security man from Aguleri in Anambra State.
He admitted that he owned the pump-action and a double-barrel gun, which he himself and his men wanted to use to form another gang.
Duru said that during his days in IPOB, he never killed nor attacked any security personnel, adding that he was caught in his vehicle which he used to carry something for somebody whom he said was innocent.
He said that he had hidden the pump-action rifle inside the load he was carrying to avoid being identified by security personnel.
Izuchukwu said that earlier on, he told security personnel that he was carrying a waybill until he was tortured and he opened up that he owned the pump-action and double-barrel gun.
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