by Zara Mustapha

A kidnap suspect, who was fleeing Nigeria to South Africa has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja while boarding trying to board an aircraft.

The suspect, Okwudili Nnagbo was recently paraded at the headquarters of the State Anti-robbery Squad, Awka, Anambra State, alongside 13 other suspects caught for various offences.

Nnagbo who hails from Nri in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra state, confessed that he has been in the business of kidnapping for years and has lost count of the number of persons he had abducted over the years.

He said said he decided to stop the dirty business when he was invited to South Africa by a friend, he thought he had covered his tracks well but he was arrested before leaving the country.

Some suspects paraded were identified as ,  Chukwudi Chinedu from Okija, and Kevin Obi from Umuzu who allegedly raped a a pregnant woman after they had robbed her husband of N66,000.

Uba Christian Chukwuemeka from Oji River in Enugu State who was involved in the abduction of female students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka where he enrolled for a diploma programme few years ago.

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Chinedu said he was living in Lagos and was looking for money to transport himself back to Lagos and blamed the devil for his action.

Another gang that includes Onyeka Ozoigbo, a vulcanizer, and Harrison Amaukwu, both from Uli in Ihiala Local Government Area were caught with 85 telephone handsets stolen from various people.

Luck, however, ran out on them when one of the people they  approached to buy one of the phones at N1,700 alerted the Police and they were apprehended, while one member of the gang, who scaled the wall on sighting the police, is still at large.

Another suspect, Mr. Chiagorom Ihejiagwa, from Akokwa in Imo State admitted that though he had a shop in Asaba, he was  involved in buying stolen cars.
The one that landed him into trouble, he said, was the Honda Pilot SUV which he bought at N1.5 million, adding that he knew that it was stolen before he bought it.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka also displayed various arms and ammunition recovered from the suspects.