A housewife has been arrested in Delta State for allegedly aiding her husband, who was the suspected gang leader in the kidnap of the wife of a traditional ruler in Bayelsa State.
Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mamman Tsafe, in an interview with newsmen in Asaba yesterday, lamented the use of sophisticated weapons by bandits, saying that his men recovered a total of 140 military rifles and 2,956 live ammunitions while the command lost 21 officers last year.
He said: “On December 23, 2011, at about 1945 hours, four armed men kidnapped one Fine Keredei, female, wife of HRH Decca Keredei of Amatu Kingdom in Bayelsa State at her shop on Udu Road, Onwian Aladja. The kidnappers demanded N20 million and later settled for N5 million.
“However, on December 27, 2011, at about 1030 hours, anti-crime patrol team in Effurun Division, acting on information, stormed a kidnap hideout at Ayomara Street and the hoodlums on sighting the team took to their heels, scaling the fence.
“The team chased the suspects and arrested one of them (names withheld), wife of the gang leader now at large in whose house the kidnapped woman was kept.”
Mr Tsafe, said the arrested housewife led the team to the room where the victim was rescued unhurt and also confessed to preventing the victim from escaping on Christmas eve.
He added that a total of 555 suspects were arrested in the state over kidnap cases, 447 charged to court while 55 convictions were secured last year.
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