Operatives of the FCT Police Command, have arrested a dismissed soldier, Gabriel David Elihu, resident of Apo Mechanic Village, and Alex Iorjaa, a native of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, for alleged armed robbery and kidnapping in Abuja.
FCT Police Commissioner, CP Ben Igweh, who paraded the suspects, noted that they were arrested on March 17, after receiving a distress call at around 2:30 pm, through the Mabushi Division from two victims; Blessing Mafulul Damia and Haliru Zakari, that some men in an unregistered Toyota Hilux trailed them while on their way home from a medical store in Gwarimpa to Gishiri village, robbed them of their valuables and attempted to kidnap them.
The CP said upon receipt of the information, Police operatives of the Division swung into action, trailed the vehicle, and arrested the two suspects Elihu and Iorjaa. A black coloured Toyota Hilux with Reg No. NBB 03 AH (Nasarawa), a jackknife, and some military accouterments were recovered from them. Suspects will be charged in court soon.
The police boss also noted that on March 14, 2023, at about 5:30 pm, “Akuh Chinemezeh reported at Apo Divisional Headquarters that his younger brother, one Pascal Akuh, 28 years, called him saying he was arrested by Police and taken to SCID custody.
“On the strength of this, the Police and suspect’s family went to SCID, IRT and FCID detention facilities, only to discover that he is not in any of the aforementioned facilities.
“With the help of a tracker using coordinates, the suspect’s vehicle was traced to an area in Wumba, Apo. Acting on this intelligence, the Police operatives from Apo Division swiftly mobilised to the scene, searched the entire axis and subsequently traced the suspect to a hotel in Lokogoma later in the night and arrested the suspect.
“During interrogation, suspect confessed that he only faked his own kidnap to prank the lady he intended to marry to know if she really loved him.”
Relatedly, the Police said: “on March 11, 2024 at around 7:40pm, Chiedozie Ubah, male of Saburi II Dei-dei, Abuja, reported at Gwagwa division that his pregnant wife Rosemary Ubah left home to the hospital on same date for a scan but did not return home.
He later received a call through his wife’s phone number, telling him that his wife had been kidnapped and demanded for N2million ransom before her release. He transferred the sum of two million naira into his wife’s account as instructed by the kidnapper.
He later brought his wife to the station after her release. During interrogation, the wife freely confessed to have conspired with one man named Walter Ezeala, living in the same street with them at Saburi to extort money from her husband.
