The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a fake Nwosu’s wife kidnapper, Odo Sabastine, a 200 level Economics student at the Kogi State University. The suspect was among the over 30 suspects paraded by the Lagos State Police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni at the Police headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday.
Explaining his role in the kidnap saga, Odo said, “I was not the real kidnapper that followed in kidnapping of the Sun Managing Director Nwosu’s wife. I just wanted to see if I could make quick money out of the situation. I actually had a problem. I needed the sum of N100, 000 to solve the problem I had. When I heard about the kidnap of Nwosu’s wife, it occurred to me that it was an opportunity to get the money I needed. I got Nwosu’s number from the back of the Sun newspaper. I used it to call Nwosu telling him that I would help him to rescue his wife.
“I told him to give me N100, 000 to do the job for him. Surprisingly, Nwosu told me that he had N2.5 million as ransom. I was shocked because have not seen such money before. He was supposed to pay it into my account which I had forwarded to him but he did not. So in the morning of the following day, when I called Nwosu to know why he had not paid the money into my account, he told me that he had already paid the N2.5 million into the account of the main kidnappers.”
On how he was arrested on September 22nd, 2015, he said he was tracked down through his phone by the police.
The CP also called on all Lagosians to continue to support the Police by giving useful information that could help them reduce crime rate in the state. He also stated that the ban on fireworks and anything like explosives remains effective in the state even as the Christmas period draws closer.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, on Tuesday, paraded four fake soldiers arrested by policemen at Idi-Araba, Agege and Mile 2 areas of Lagos. The fake soldiers are: Izunwanne John 25, John Otu 23, Richard Acha 22, and Simon Anthony 39. Exhibits recovered from them includes two pairs of the Nigerian Army camouflage uniform, one pair of Army green uniform, one Army camouflage T-shirt, one pair of boots, two Army belts and two jungle hats.
Explaining what happened, Simeon said, “I am a dismissed soldier (corporal). I was dismissed in January 2014 for falling out from duty. I am from Adamawa State. I wanted to use the uniform to travel to Lagos because I had no transport money. But unfortunately I was arrested by soldiers.”
The second suspect, Richard from Benue state said, “I am a welder. My brother gave me a bag at Ikeja cantonment. I opened it and found the camouflage T-shirt so I wore it. I was arrested for wearing the Army T-shirt.”
The third suspect John said, “I bought the uniform at Ojo cantonment on September 2nd. I wanted to go and sign my Army recruitment form at Ojo barracks when I bought the uniform at the mammy market. However, on the 7th October, my friend had a court case and I was to appear in court as a witness. The court was in Agege and I did not have the transport fare to go, so I decided to wear my uniform to save me the cost of transportation.”
The fourth suspect Out John said he was from Okeiro, Oyo state. “I am a member of the citizen for peace and first aid missions in Nigeria. I heard my friends were arrested and I went to the police to secure their bail. But I was arrested for wearing this uniform” he said.
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