SSS arrests couple over alleged kidnap, killing.
The Niger State Command of the State Security Service (SSS) has arrested a self-acclaimed evangelist, Okechukwu Ifedi, his wife, Juliet, as well as their suspected accomplice, Victor the Ibegbu, for alleged kidnap and killing of Kingsley Elekwachi, for allegedly having an affair with the woman.
State SSS Director Larry Obiagwu, has paraded the suspects in Minna, the state capital. Elekwachi was a former National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member.
The couple was also alleged to have kidnapped two other persons.
Obiagwu said Juliet lured Elekwachi, a graduate of Architecture from the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, after his national service in July, from Awomama in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State on October 9 to Minna.
Both were said to be lovers during their national service.
Elekwachi was said to be oblivious that Juliet was married before they met. He was unaware that Juliet was working in tandem with her husband and was being tricked to come to Minna.
On arrival in Minna, he was reportedly picked up by the couple and taken to the Juliet’s home at Mobil Quarters in Tunga. There, his ordeal began.
He was reportedly kept in chains and locked in a room for one week by the couple.
Obiagwu said the couple accused their victim of visiting a married woman in her matrimonial home, torturing him before forcing him to take nine tablets of Valium 5, a bottle of gin and three bottles of larger beer.
Having sedated their victim, the couple allegedly dumped him in the night at Eastern bye-pass in Minna, where Elekwachi reportedly died.
Unsatisfied with the death, the couple allegedly contacted his relations and demanded N1 million ransom from his family for him to be released. The unsuspecting family paid N500,000 in two installations of N200,000 and N300,000.
But the family raised the alarm when Elekwachi did not return home after the ransom had been paid. The family petitioned the SSS.
Working on a tip-off, the SSS Director said the agency, on December 13, arrested the “evangelist” and his wife. Ibegbu was arrested the following day at a hideout in Kpagunku, a suburb of Minna.
The arrest of the trio led to the rescue a 16-year-old, who gave her name as Jennifer. She was reportedly found in a rented room, where Ifedi kept her and his two and a half-year-old daughter, allegedly kidnapped from his wife.
Jennifer told reporters that she was brought from Lagos by the “evangelist’ under the pretext that he was going to facilitate her education abroad but dumped her in the hideout with the baby.
State SSS Director Larry Obiagwu, has paraded the suspects in Minna, the state capital. Elekwachi was a former National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member.
The couple was also alleged to have kidnapped two other persons.
Obiagwu said Juliet lured Elekwachi, a graduate of Architecture from the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, after his national service in July, from Awomama in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State on October 9 to Minna.
Both were said to be lovers during their national service.
Elekwachi was said to be oblivious that Juliet was married before they met. He was unaware that Juliet was working in tandem with her husband and was being tricked to come to Minna.
On arrival in Minna, he was reportedly picked up by the couple and taken to the Juliet’s home at Mobil Quarters in Tunga. There, his ordeal began.
He was reportedly kept in chains and locked in a room for one week by the couple.
Obiagwu said the couple accused their victim of visiting a married woman in her matrimonial home, torturing him before forcing him to take nine tablets of Valium 5, a bottle of gin and three bottles of larger beer.
Having sedated their victim, the couple allegedly dumped him in the night at Eastern bye-pass in Minna, where Elekwachi reportedly died.
Unsatisfied with the death, the couple allegedly contacted his relations and demanded N1 million ransom from his family for him to be released. The unsuspecting family paid N500,000 in two installations of N200,000 and N300,000.
But the family raised the alarm when Elekwachi did not return home after the ransom had been paid. The family petitioned the SSS.
Working on a tip-off, the SSS Director said the agency, on December 13, arrested the “evangelist” and his wife. Ibegbu was arrested the following day at a hideout in Kpagunku, a suburb of Minna.
The arrest of the trio led to the rescue a 16-year-old, who gave her name as Jennifer. She was reportedly found in a rented room, where Ifedi kept her and his two and a half-year-old daughter, allegedly kidnapped from his wife.
Jennifer told reporters that she was brought from Lagos by the “evangelist’ under the pretext that he was going to facilitate her education abroad but dumped her in the hideout with the baby.
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