The Police have arrested
four persons over the kidnap of some teachers and pupils of the Nigeria Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) in Isheri north of Ogun State on January 23.
The Nation report continues:
The
suspects are Bekewei Agbojule, aka Prince Yellow, Are Philip Joel Kakadu,
aka “General Kakadu,” a militant leader, Romeo Council, aka Raw and Totki
Okoda.
A
statement in Abuja yesterday, the Force Spokesman, Don Awunah, reads: “The
IGP’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT), working in synergy with the Tactical
Intelligence Unit (TIU) of the Nigeria Police Force in a joint operation
supervised by AIG Kayode Aderanti, AIG Zone 2, Lagos, successfully smashed a
notorious kidnap gang and arrested four vicious kidnappers who are active
members of the gang responsible for the kidnap for ransom of five Turkish
school children and three members of staff of the school in Ogun State on
January 13.
“In
the course of investigation into the dastardly crime, three suspects namely Are
Philip Joel Kakadu aka “General Kakadu” a militant leader; Romeo Council aka
“Raw” and Totki Okoda who lives in the fishermen’s community behind the school
and provided information about the victims to his gang, were trailed and
arrested at different locations in Delta, Ogun and Lagos States respectively,
for the criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime.
“Further
investigation and sustained pursuit of the matter by the Intelligence Response
Team, led to the arrest of Bekewei Agbojule aka “Prince Yellow”, a principal
suspect and one of the key members of the gang on January 25, at about
7am. The suspect who is an Ijaw from Arogbo town in Ondo State was
arrested after he came out of the creeks to enjoy his loot.
“About ₦1,200,000, his share of the ransom money was recovered from him. The four suspects confessed to the crime, volunteered useful statements to the investigators and are cooperating with the police.”
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