Why we kidnapped DCO, collected ransom, killed him, dumped his body inside well – Suspect
A suspected kidnapper, Isaac Aforji, alias Angel Boy, has revealed how he and his gang members abducted the Divisional Crime Officer of Afam Police Station, Moses Egbede, collected a ransom from his family and then killed him.
He was held captive at Osogbo in Agbeta Community under Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State.
On July 31, 2020, a ransom of N1 million was paid by Moses’s first son, Emmanuel Egbede.
After collecting the ransom, Angel Boy convinced his gang members to kill Moses.
The DCO was shot dead and his body tied and dumped inside an abandoned well.
Angel Boy and some of his gang members had since been arrested by Operatives of the Special Intelligence Response Team.
The suspects so far in police custody for the offence are Aforki, 34; Okechukwu Emmanuel, aka Ezeruwa, 34; Philemon Barifaa, 23; Prince Zopkara, 30; Onyemechi Francis, 28; Lucky Teeage, 36; K. Kenneth, 47; Pius Kpala, 39; Barrison Gbara, 28; and Emeka Chukwuma, 22.
Angel Boy, married with three children, said: “After I left where I completed my apprenticeship, I opened a welding workshop.
“There was a crisis in my community and my equipment was stolen.
“I went into riding motorbikes.
“I got married and ventured into oil bunkering, where I had a fire accident.
“I became broke and then I met the youth president, Tombare.
“I told him about my challenges and he initiated me into the kidnapping business.
“My first kidnapping operation was a man in a Lexus car, the second was the abduction of mother and child, while the third operation was the abduction of Mr. Obinna Ofornedu, aka Lotto man.