The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Alkali Baba Usman, Saturday, paraded five members of a kidnap syndicate who reportedly abducted a woman in the Oghara area of the state.
While parading the suspects at the headquarters of the state Police Command, the gang caused a mild drama as they cried and lamented their involvement in the abduction, thus, begging for mercy.
The kidnappers wept before newsmen and inquired to know if they would be killed as punishment for their deed.
The suspected leader of the gang who simply identified himself as Goodluck, said, “Please, let us know; are they going to kill us?”
Goodluck again asked himself, “Is this the way I am going to end my life?
He said, “I have a wife with four months old pregnancy.
“Who will take care of my children when I am no more? God, please take control and set us free from this temptation we find ourselves....LMAOOOO
“Oga journalists, please help us beg police; we have repented while in the police cell. We promise not to go into crime again and we shall help to curb crime in our area.As you can see, we are crying. That is to show that we regret our involvement in crime; we will never do it again. If we do it and they arrest us, they should kill us without wasting time,” the gang leader pleaded.
The suspects, who claimed unemployment and bad advice from friends pushed them into the act, explained that to tackle crime, government should provide jobs or create the enabling environment for youths to earn a better living.
“Those who have money should take care of their family members so that they will not be willing to sell out their brothers and sisters to kidnappers.
“We have been in the kidnapping business for some time now; it is not easy. Friends and family members give us information as insiders. So, if you are rich, please help the needy in your midst. It will save you from a lot of things,” one of them disclosed.
Proffering solution for better policing, one of them said, “If we can be set free, we volunteer to offer free security services to our community.”
He said, “They should give us security work of the community. We will assist police to stop crime and arrest all the bad boys.
“I am saying so because we know ourselves and will be able to call ourselves to order,” he added.
Disclosing what they used their share of the ransom they collected for, the suspected gang leader said he used his share to buy a motorcycle, even as he expressed regrets that the motorcycle was stolen from him.
“This last kidnapping we organised was just to enable us to find something to do and celebrate the Yuletide, but as I said before, kidnapping is not an easy job. The lady we kidnapped could not give us better money before we were arrested,” he disclosed.
Another suspect said he was not part of the kidnapping, but was told by the leader of the gang to buy bread and soft drinks and deliver to him, not knowing they had kidnapped someone.
“I am begging that they should leave me alone because I know nothing about kidnapping. They know that I am not part of them,” he added as he broke down crying and begging other suspects to say the truth.
He said, “You people know that I am innocent. Please, tell police so that they will let me go.”
The Commissioner said that on January 8, 2016, the police received information that four masked men broke into the house of their victim at Oghara and abducted the wife after dispossessing the husband of about N115, 000.00.
Usman added that based on the information, detectives attached to the anti-robbery patrol team swung into action and went on the trail of the suspects.
He said due to the pressure mounted on the hoodlums, the victim was released unconditionally and unhurt by the suspects while five of the suspected kidnappers were arrested by the police.
“The suspects have confessed to the crime,” Usman said, adding that one locally made cut-to-size, single barrel gun, two cutlasses, one hammer and one battle axe were recovered from the suspects on apprehension.
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Na wah..I always say that every time there is a kidnap,the person wen cry pass fit know pass...''are you are!'' Goodluck has confirmed it!.
Dey r stupid. Kill them already....do dey know d damage dey cause d victims? Rape, torture,murder...Infact kill dem.
ReplyDeleteJail straight
DeleteThis their confession get weight ooo.
DeleteGod forbid evil relatives and friends.
Sdk. That was how my mother in law was kidnapped yesterday too also in delta state, ellu precisely. She was taken from her house and up till now we have not heard from her or the kidnappers. Her phone has been switched off. A woman of over 73 years. Its so sad. We are just praying that they set her free unhurt. Please pray for us
DeleteThat your mouth bend there@if you are rich help the poor around you. Is that a threat? Are you entitled to their money?Entitlement mentality! How many people did you help with the money you stole kwanu?
ReplyDeleteSee them crying like babies,when your victims cried out,what did you do?
Some of you even rape these people,beat them up and kill sef.. Oga police go leave you for prison for life! Onye arurala mmuo.
Lol @ onye arurala mmuo.
DeleteWicked friends & family. Even when u help them, it's never enough!
ReplyDeleteNow they can cry. When their victims were crying did they show mercy? Stupid people
ReplyDeleteInsiders and kidnappers...what's d difft again?
ReplyDeleteEnd time beggars
ReplyDeleteOga journalist beg police o
ReplyDeletelmao
Insider job. Family members dont have joy at all. Why will you kidnap your own person. Goodluck you name is now badluck. Let me tell you, they will kill you. Am sure the law has been passed. IDIOTS KIDNAPPERS
ReplyDeleteThese kidnappers are very funny
ReplyDeleteLol at can't you see we are crying. The police should also give you jobs
Lmao
LMAO @
ReplyDelete"We have repented while in Cell"
"As u can see we are CRYING" LWKMD
"Oga Journalist pls help us beg Police" #Faints#
And to crown the whole comedy,the motorcycle he bought with proceeds from the ransome was stolen from him.
Hahahhahahahahahahahahahaha
Eh yah!!and i'm feeling for them o..
ReplyDeleteCrime never pays,hustle till fortune smiles on you thats my belief,may God help them
Feeling for them? Smh....
Delete...... oga as u can see we're crying....... LMAO. Oga common come and go to jail. It's now u want to preach repentance if u weren't caught you will b balling by now and looking for you next victim.
ReplyDeleteYour heading though.
ReplyDeleteThe worm that eats the vegetable, lives inside the vegetable.
So he can plead for mercy now. Funny that when people beg them for mercy, they do not consider.
Biko send those holigans to gaol for life make we hear word.
ReplyDeleteAnd his wife might know that he is into kidnapping. Chie... this our generation eh
ReplyDeleteBut if police nor catch una the kidnapping business for continue o. Nonsense. Make una cry more. Dem for even show una faces
ReplyDeleteThis kidnappers are funny
ReplyDeleteSo they can beg like this, they are even calling on God for help.
ReplyDelete"Is this how am going to end my life. I have a wife with month old pregnancy" those he has caused pains and heart brake, how many pregnancy have they lost. Funny criminals, if everyone is claiming hunger led them to crime that means sleep is past tense in Nigeria.
Those yeye family members...nothing you do for them will ever be enough. Some people are pathologically greedy and jealous.
ReplyDeletedon't worry if they did not kill you, na prison you go go do the security jobs that you promised. yeye mugun
ReplyDeleteEnd time kidnappers who knows d no of women victims dey have forcefully slept in captivity with before ransowe was paid .Now d fools want clemency.dey wil surely rot in jail!Idiots.
ReplyDeleteEnd time kidnappers who knows d no of women victims dey have forcefully slept with in captivity with before ransowe was paid .Now d fools want clemency.dey wil surely rot in jail!Idiots.
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