A lotto operator, Uzordima Chukwudi, 29, was arrested by the
Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, led by CSP Abba
Kyari.
Chukwudi was arrested alongside some other members of the
group, including Joseph Chiaotu, aka Ejima, 21, Anozie Chinonso, 25 and 27-year-old
Chukwuma Agim, who is a prison official, in connection with the kidnap of a
woman in Imo State.
Speaking to journalists during the week, Chukwudi said he
was studying Mechanical Engineering at Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State
before he dropped out in his final year. “What led me into kidnapping was
unfortunate,” he said.
“My
girlfriend is pregnant and I have been under pressure to pay her bride price
but I had no money. She told me that since she became pregnant her mother had
been ostracised by her fellow women in their village. The pressure was too much
that I needed to look for money by all means.”
Chukwudi
explained that when the pressure became unbearable, he contacted two of his
friends; Nnamdi, who is now in prison, and Chiboy, who later introduced him to
Agim, a prison official for the trade.
“Agim,
being a prison official, was the one making way for us whenever we approached a
police check point but our first operation was not successful because the
person we targeted escaped. But on the second operation, Chiboy went with a
policeman and they kidnapped the woman.”
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