PHOTOS/VIDEO:POLICE ARREST KIDNAPPERS WHO ABDUCTED EDO ZOO BOSS AND KILLED 3 POLICEMEN

The Edo State Police Command  have arrested four members of the kidnap gang that abducted Dr. Andy Ehanire, Managing Director of Ogba Zoo and Nature Park and Daisy Danjuma's brother.

The suspects were arrested in Sapele and other communities in Delta State. It was also gathered that the kidnappers also collected N61 million ransom before he was released.


Video: Police arrest kidnappers who killed three policemen and abducted Edo Zoo boss; recover part of N61m ransom

Dr. Ehanire, who is also a brother to the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, spent three weeks in the den of the kidnappers before he was released. The kidnappers collected N25 million and another $100,000. The sum of N800,000 was said to have been recovered from the wife of one of the suspects, who was also arrested for conspiracy.

Narrating how Dr. Ehanire was abducted and why they killed the three police operatives on  duty on the fateful day, one of the suspected kidnappers, said they had earlier attempted to carry out the abduction twice but were prevented by the presence of policemen.

The suspect said it was the third attempt they shot the three policemen and took their target away through the waterways.

He also confessed their attempt to burn the vehicle they used for the operation failed as there was no matches to ignite a fire.

Edo Police spokesman, DSP Moses Nkombe, who confirmed the arrest, said efforts were on to arrest other fleeing suspects.



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PHOTOS: HOW LADY ESCAPED BEING KILLED AND DISMEMBERED BY SUSPECTED RITUALISTS IN SAPELE

A young lady who hawks cocoyam in Sapele, Delta state, was a victim of suspected ritualists two days ago in Sapele . On the fateful day, she was forced into a waiting car by the kidnappers at gunpoint.

The men drove her into The Ethiope Primary school in Sapele where they prepared to kill her and dismember her body. However, luck ran out on them after residents in the area heard the cries of the young lady. They rushed into the school and rescued her. The men were not apprehended as they fled the scene of the incident.

The abandoned vehicle has been towed to the Sapele main police station while investigations into the matter is ongoing. 

AGGERO BRUTALLY BEATEN BY CULTISTS IN SAPELE

An 'Agbero', One Koko, who is notorious for extorting money from motorists and cyclists at Amuogodo Mudiagha area in Okirighwre junction, Sapele was brutally beaten by suspected cultists.

It was gathered that the victim was stopping a driver yesterday night around 11pm when some men numbering about five attacked him.

The cultists dispossessed the driver of his wallet before they descended on Koko and beat him to pulp, apparently taking far too much interest in his face.