Man in police net for kidnapping his girlfriend

A 25-year old man, Ekuase Sunday, who master­minded the ab­duction of his girlfriend, is now in police custody.

Sunday told journalists that his decision to arrange the kidnapping of the victim was induced by his friend, Amas, who strongly suggested that he should teach her a bitter lesson.

Sunday who was paraded along with other suspects for various crimes by the Edo State Police Command, said he was shocked and hurt when the girl told him that their rela­tionship was over.

His words: “Amas said it would be unfair for the girl to break with me. We agreed that we would take the girl for four days so that she would learn a lesson. I went to their house and was told four guys came to take her away. I went to the fam­ily house and I was arrested and up till now I have not seen Amas.”

Others paraded for kid­napping included one Theophilus Agoro whose gang was paid N400,000 as ransom by the family of the victim.

Also paraded by the po­lice was a farmer identified as Obozoke who killed one Omoniyi Oguare he caught harvesting his cocoa pods. The suspect reportedly killed his victim with a cut­lass during a fight.

The State Police commis­sioner, Foluso Adebanjo, while parading the suspects, announced the end of his stay in the state.

The parade of suspects was like a valedictory ses­sion for the Commissioner of Police who is heading to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).

Adebanjo happily noted that no bank robbery was witnessed during his time as the police boss in Edo State even as he said that kidnap­ping and other criminal ac­tivities were reduced to the barest minimum.