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Police Parade Assemblies of God Pastor Over Kidnapping

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The Imo State police command has arrested a man believed to be a pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Umungwa, Obowo LGA of Imo state, Samuel Chinedu Nnaji, in connection with the kidnap of the wife of HRH Eze Basil Nwokeke, traditional ruler of Nkumeato Autonomous community in Ihitte Uboma LGA of the state.

The 42 year-old suspect, according to the commissioner of police, Mr. Muhammed Katsina, was among the gunmen that plotted the kidnap of the monarch’s wife penultimate week.

Parading the suspects before journalists in Owerri, Mr. Katsina, disclosed that the principal suspects to the crime were traced to their hideouts at Obowo while negotiating for ransom and arrested within 48 hours after the incident.

The suspects arrested in connection with the crime include the ring leader, 21 year-old Chibueze Osuagwu, an apprentice builder and school dropout resident at Umuko Mgboma Alike Obowo and 20 year-old Uzodinma Godbless of Umuezegwu, Ihitte Uboma.

According to the police boss who was represented by the PPRO, Mrs. Joy Elemoko, one of the suspects died on his way to the hospital as a result of gunshot wounds he sustained, while a red golfer and assault rifle were recovered from them.

While taking newsmen to the places the victim was kept by the suspects, the CP said the monarch’s wife was first kept in an uncompleted building at Obowo and later taken to a deserted one storey building at Umuezeala Nsu in Ehime Mbano LGA of the state, after learning that the police were tracing them.

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