The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested Ulagu Philemon Chukwuma, a 29-year-old domestic worker, for allegedly masterminding the kidnapping of his employer’s son, 12-year-old Justin Nwakwo.
Chukwuma, a chef for the Nwakwo family, allegedly planned and executed the abduction of 12-year-old Justin on Saturday, February 10, in Jabi, Abuja.
Chukwuma was apprehended by officers from the Utako Police Divisional Headquarters while investigating the abduction of the boy and arresting the perpetrators, according to police.
Investigations by the police revealed that the principal suspect, who has since confessed to the crime, conspired with one McDonald Arinze, currently at large, to commit the crime.
The suspects, according to the investigation, had earlier forcefully obtained a cash sum of N3,900,000 as ransom from the victim’s father.
“The arm of the law, however, caught up with the criminals following intensified efforts by the police. The boy was rescued unhurt and reunited with his parents. The cash sum earlier extorted was equally recovered,” police said.
The commissioner of Police, CP Benneth C. Igwe, however, encouraged residents to involve the police in the profiling of their domestic workers, noting the new trend and pattern of kidnapping by domestic workers.
Igwe also urged residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883.
