How I became a kidnapper, vandal – Suspect

Anthony Pepple, the Niger Delta militant and member of Niger Delta Avenger, arrested for murder and kidnapping, has revealed how he became a kidnapper, controlling a lot of gang members.
Pepple said he joined the kidnapping and pipeline vandalizing business after going in search of works to do.
Pepple was arrested by the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari.
He said: “I started running around, looking for how to start the business. It was in that process I met a boy called Full-Payment. I met him through Ayi. He asked me to help him keep some arms, which were four AK47rifles and ammunition. Then I was living alone. I kept the arms in my house. I also met a boy called Dokubo and I told him about the arms. Dokubo suggested that we should go for fishing, which means; we should go after people driving flashy cars around town and kidnapped them for ransom. He also called two other people, which included a driver.
“In our first operation, we kidnapped a man. We didn’t know his identity; he was just driving a very flashy car. We picked him up at Ada George junction; we kept him at an uncompleted building in a swampy area of Iwofe, Port Harcourt. Before we started, I told them that gun was the last resort and that the success of our operations depended on time and speed.
“After kidnapping the man, I made the call. I drove from Agip into town because I knew police would want to track and know my location. So, I usually drive from one place to the other. Sometimes, relatives of the victims would tell me that they wanted to speak with the victims. Then I would use my own phone, call one of boys at our den and put my phone and the victim’s phone, which I used in calling his family on speaker. They would hear the person’s voice. I don’t go to the river or any other place to collect ransom. I collected ransom in Port Harcourt. What I do is this: if I ask you to go to a place to drop ransom, I get to that place 30 minutes before the time.”