by Akan Ido

Holy Ighoragbor, a kidnap suspect was yesterday paraded with his gang in Asaba, Delta State after getting arrested for kidnapping and raping victims.

He was paraded alongside the leader of the gang, Sunday Ogisi and five others namely Kesiena Onwubolu a.k.a (Kes); John David; Moses Urhode; Samuel Onyekachi Onyema and Francis Oshevire.

While speaking to newsmen, the state director of the State Security Service said the gang emerged in January and have been responsible for many crimes in Warri and other places.

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She  said the gang was responsible for kidnap, murder and sale of victims’ vehicles.

According to Ikakone, the gang kidnapped a female victim (names withheld), sold her Toyota Siena bus and shot her on her leg because her relative did not come with the ransom early enough.

 The gang was also responsible for the kidnap of another female victim (names withheld) on January 19th and that of a lawyer, Stephen Olowu, on 25th January, according to the SSS.

The gang allegedly dumped the corpse of the lawyer into Otokutu River.

The gang sold the three vehicles snatched from their victims at give-away prices of N50, 000, N100, 000 and N120, 000 respectively, SSS said.

Holy Ighoragbor, who claimed to be an excavator operator, said he was unemployed and because he was HIV positive, he decided to join the kidnap gang to raise money for his treatment.

 Ighoragbor admitted to having sex with their female victims while in captivity.

Responding to a question on why he had unprotected sex with female victims, he said he did not know the infection was incurable.

He expressed sorrow at the crime and asked for forgiveness, adding that he will not return to kidnapping if he was set free. He said: “For the woman, we demanded the sum of N3 million from her family. The woman’s senior daughter had just graduated from the university and was doing her NYSC. She offered N300, 000.

I said that we should collect the money, but Kes said he would not collect that amount. “Because I did not want him to kill the woman, I shot her in the leg. I suffer from HIV/AIDS and my mother is a poor farmer. It is true that we rape female victims held by our gang.”