The SUPREME this morning broke the
news of release of mother of Finance Minister, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who was kidnapped last Sunday in her town,
Ogwashuku in Delta state. We have been keeping tab on details of her release.
And we glad to inform our teeming readers that more revelations have emerged on
how she was released. There is still no clear indication that ransom was paid.
Dependable police source in Asaba
told The SUPREME that a bus with an inscription of non-existing church was used
in conveying the old woman in a decoy manner to Kwale area of Delta State where
she was kept captive.
The SUPREME learnt that the
anti-terrorist detectives deployed from Abuja by the Inspector-General of Mohammed Abubakar together with
detectives in Asaba went into 24 hours operation, by monitoring movements and
discussions of the kidnappers. The detectives were said to have finally trailed
them to Kwale where they put heat on them.
“Because of the age of the woman, we
decided not to strike with force, because she would not be able to withstand
it, so we applied tactics in order to capture the kidnappers red-handed and
rescue her,” a senior police officer told The SUPREME on phone.
According to our source, when it was
obvious that the woman was in safe arena last night, the police opened fire and
shot the kingpin simply identified as Bolaji,
a resident and native of Asaba. The SUPREME also learnt that the police
detective used his blood stain in the bush to trace him and got him arrested
early this morning but died before he got to Asaba.
The SUPREME investigations reveal
that Asaba resident were jubilating over the death of Bolaji, who was known to be a popular kidnapper in the state. He
was said to have earlier been arrested by the police charged to court, but the
court granted him bail. And he went back to his nefarious business of
kidnapping.
Several businessmen and women as
well as youths in Asaba who spoke in unison to The SUPREME commended the police
for being able to dispensed with the life of Bolaji, whom they said was a terror.
The rest of kidnappers were said to
have fled abandoning the old woman, who was said to have been conveyed to
Ogwashuku this morning on a motor-cycle.
Confirming the story on phone, Delta
State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ike
Aduba said, “we have recovered the bus with the fake church inscription on
it. It was recovered in a mechanic workshop, because it had a fault. We also
recovered a Gulf car belonging to Bolaji.”
Aduba
commended the IGP for timely deployment of the
anti-terrorist detectives. “I sincerely thank the IG for sending us the
anti-terrorist personnel. They really worked hard work,” he confirmed.
He however, assured that the fleeing
members would be arrested soon.
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ALASHOCK'BLOG Thanks for the credit given to The SUPREME for breaking the news of release of Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's mum. ARUGA JOE OMOKARO, Editor-in-Chief, The SUPREME
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