The Nigeria Police has said it has arrested three notorious criminals involved in the kidnap of a Channels Television staff in Abuja, Mr. Friday Okeregbe.
The police, in a release signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DSP Frank Mba, in Abuja, said, ” In line with the IGP’s stated commitment to curb all forms of crimes and criminality, especially incidences of kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country, police operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder, acting on intelligence report, on 9th April, 2019 at about 6:30am arrested three (3) notorious persons involved in the kidnap of Channels Television’s staff, Mr. Friday Okeregbe.
“The suspects: Hanniel Patrick ‘m’ 29 years from Akwa Ibom state, Abdulwahab Isah ‘m’ 28years and Salisu Mohammed ‘m’ 32 years, both from Kogi state, have made useful statements to the police.”
The police further stated that “investigation reveals that Mr. Friday Okeregbe was not originally the intended target of the vicious criminals. However, on that fateful day, 22nd March, 2019, at 07:45PM, he was kidnapped when the kidnappers saw him parking his vehicle at a location in Lugbe, Abuja. Investigation further reveals that the victim was taken to the kidnappers’ den somewhere in Karimo, Abuja and kept incommunicado afterwards”.
The police said it had also recovered from the kidnappers a locally made revolver gun, three (3) live AK47 ammunitions, a battle axe, phones and masks with which they blindfolded their victims. Effort, it said, was being intensified to arrest other members of the gang still at large.