Four suspected
kidnappers of a four-year-old-boy, Steve Kanu, in Abeokuta have all confessed
that a ransom of N1m was paid to them before they released him.
Steve who was kidnapped
at his parents’ home at Laderin Estate, Abeokuta, on Monday, November 2, 2015
was fortunately rescued alive last Friday by the men of the Ogun State
Police Command in Nsukka, Enugu State.
Dr. and Mrs. M.
Kanu, arrived at the state police command headquarters, Eleweran, on
Monday with their son in tow and full of gratitude to the Policemen.
The suspects arrested
for the crime were named as Kenechukwu Amoke (21), Anayo Amoke (35), Oluchi
Asadu (20) and Maureen Uchenna (25).
Maureen, who was a staff
nurse in Dr. Kanu’s hospital in Abeokuta for over three years before she
resigned in July this year, was said to have been the mastermind of
the abduction of Steve with her boyfriend, Obinna Amoke, who is currently
on the run.
The nurse said:
“I learnt that Doctor
paid N1m ransom to one of our members in Abeokuta before the police detectives
arrested us in Enugu.
“I regretted my action,
but it was my boyfriend, who wanted to travel abroad and wanted to pay my bride
price, that put pressure on me to commit this crime.”
The commissioner, while
parading the suspected kidnappers, said the manhunt for Obinna was
still on. He said:
“The boy was kept for
eight days in Anayo Amoke’s residence in Isale Ibefun in Abeokuta, before he
was moved to Nsukka, where they kept him in Oluchi Asadu’s house,” the CP said.
He said he would work
with the Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to ensure that Obinna’s
house in the village was demolished.
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