The Rivers State Police Command has
smashed a notorious kidnapping
syndicate » said to be behind a series of
abductions in the state, with the arrest of
three members, including a woman.
According to a statement posted on the
Facebook wall of the command, the arrest of the
trio of Stanley Mgbiri, Blessing Mkpowu and
Micheal Hope , by operatives of its Anti-
Kidnapping Unit, came after they went to a bank
to withdraw a ransom paid in by relatives of a
victim.
The statement reads in part:
"Acting on a tip-off, the operatives were able to
arrest Stanley Mgbiri, Mkpowu Blessing and Micheal
Hope.
The trio are responsible for the kidnap of a 9-year-
old girl, Miracle John, at Igbo Etche. They were
arrested when they threatened to kidnap one Osato
Nwakaji.
They asked him to pay the sum of N3 million into a
certain bank account. They threatened to kidnap
him a » s they did to a certain staff of NNPC, from
whom they collected a ransom of N12m, and yet
killed."
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Nwakaji was said to have reported the threat to
the police who advised him to play along and as
a bait, the sum of N100,000 was paid into the
account and when they went to withdraw it, they
were arrested.
Source: pulse.com
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