Police Discovers Grave Of Kidnapped Victim In Port Harcourt

Rivers State Police Command has discovered the grave, where a kidnapped victim, Emeka Paulinus Ajukwara, was buried at Rumuokoro, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmad K. Mohammad, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said this in a statement yesterday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

He explained that Ajukwara was abducted by unknown gunmen from his Eliozu residence last August. He later died and was buried by his abductors in a shallow grave at the East-West road area of Rumuokoro.

Three members of the group that kidnapped and killed the victim – Hassan Adamu, Abbas Musa and Musa Mohadiyi – have been arrested and others are being trailed.

The PPRO said the suspects have confessed to the crime and identified the grave, where the corpse was lowered.

Mohammed added that another female victim, Chidinma Eke, who was abducted by another gang, had been rescued and re-united with her family.

Two suspects, Philip Efe and Maxwell Onogarigbo, have been arrested for the crime.

On how Ajukwara was kidnapped, the PPRO said: “On October 10, 2014, two suspected kidnappers, namely Hassan Adamu and Musa Mohadiyi, who kidnapped Ajukwara on September 21, 2014, were arrested and their victim’s vehicle with registration No. YEN 348 CO, recovered from them.

“On interrogation, the suspects confirmed killing and burying their victim. Abbas Musa, another member of the gang, was also picked while the grave of their victim located. A locally made pistol was recovered from them.

In another incident, the PPRO said on October 03, 2014, a gang of suspected kidnappers called Samuel Eke and informed him that they over-heard another gang  members plotting to kidnap him, but stopped them and requested that they be paid the sum of N1 million for stopping the planned kidnap.

The gang told him the location, where he should drop the money for them.

“The three persons – Asonye Obi, ThankGod Ayebatari and Raphael Nwankwo – were arrested by the police after picking the money,” the police spokesman stated.

He added that Mrs. Chidinma Eke, who was kidnapped by gunmen in her car on October 7, was rescued unhurt same day by the police, following quick response to a distress call and two arrests were made in connection with the crime.