The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Nriezedi Afam, the son of a Chief Superintendent of Police, for kidnapping two Managing Directors of fuel filling stations.
Before the suspect was arrested, he had been twice arrested for hacking into customers’ bank accounts, using workers in targeted banks.
Afam, 41, said that he was arrested for carrying out a daring operation that led to the kidnapping of two Managing Directors of two fuel filling stations.
The Police said the stations are Dapsom Petrol and Kings Petroleum.
Afam said that his duty in the kidnap gang was to locate prospective victims.
He said: “I’m like the information officer. I was the person who brought information about the kidnap of the Director of Dapsom Petroleum at Ejigbo, Lagos. I took the gang in our operational Sienna car and pointed out both Directors of Dapsom Petroleum and Kings Petroleum.”
The Police said: “In their first operation, the gang succeeded in collecting a ransom of N4 million from Dapsom Petroleum. In their second operation, the gang demanded for N20 million for the release of Mr. Fashola who is the Director of Kings Petroleum. Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, stormed the kidnappers’ den, located at 18 Adeniyi Ishola Street, off Bola road, Isheri-Osun, on December 17, 2014 and arrested them.” The Officer in Charge of SARS, a Superintendent of Police, Mr. Abba Kyari, led a team of policemen to the kidnappers’ den and rescued Fashola. Fashola was found chained in the toilet. He was kidnapped on November 13, 2014 and rescued on November 17, 2014.”
Afam said: “The kidnapping of one of the Directors was my first time in kidnapping. The gang gave me only N7, 000 for the operation. In the first successful operation, I drove the gang with my car, through Governor’s Road, Ikotun. It was there the gang members called the family of the victim for negotiation.”
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