kidnapping Swiss man in Nigeria: Operatives of the FIB-IRT have arrested a four-man gang responsible for the kidnap of a Swiss national.
The suspects are Emu Larry Chidiebere 34 years, Samuel Balogun 22 years, Willams Banjo 28 years and Babatunde Femi 30 years.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that the notorious gang demanded the payment of $2000 ransom from his family in Switzerland and threatened to harvest his kidney if the ransom was not paid.
However, they ran out of luck when police operatives tracked and nabbed them with $800 of the money recovered.
The kingpin of the gang Emu Larry Chidiebere 34 years hails from Agbor, Delta State claims to be an agent in gold business. Others are Samuel Balogun, 22 years old from Kabba, Kogi State, Forex trader/ Fashion designer, Willams Banjo 28, Epe, Lagos State, Beautician, Babatunde Femi 30, Oke-Ogun, Ogun State, hairstylist married with 1 child.
The Police said Emu Larry lured the Swiss national to Nigeria posing as an agent who facilitates Gold transactions in Nigeria.
“Upon the arrival of the victim on May 30, 2023, the prime suspect alongside a lady and Samuel Balogun received him at the airport and conveyed him to a serviced apartment where they lodged him.
‘Subsequently, Emu procured Babatunde Femi and Williams Banjo who tied down the victim and seized his iPhone while compelling him to contact his relatives in Zurich to send them the sum of 2000 dollars and threatening to harvest his kidney and sell if their demands are not met.
“The suspects kidnapping Swiss man in Nigeria held the victim hostage in the apartment from May 30, 2023, to June 2, 2023.
“The suspects took pictures of the victim and forwarded the pictures and threat messages to the girlfriend of the victim in Zurich, who eventually sent them the sum of 2000 dollars via Western Union on June 1, 2023.
“Upon receipt of the report, operatives of FIB-IRT were deployed on the case and successfully apprehended the suspects.
Items recovered from them are 1 locally made single barrel gun, 1 iPhone 13 Promax with air pods, 5 different types of company stamps, 1 stamp seal An envelope containing documents and 5 bricks of fake Gold.
Also paraded were two suspects in the drug trade, Ifeanyi Udoye and Chidiebere Iyke both of FCT.
“The operatives of the FIB-IRT based on credible information intercepted and arrested 2 suspects at Karu opposite Customs office FCT Abuja for being in Possession of Illicit Drugs (Tramadol).
‘”After being interrogated thoroughly suspects confessed to have been indulging in these crimes, of always buying it from one Mr Mohammed of Apapa Lagos State who always supplies them the illicit drugs in large quantity.
“They also confessed to have bought these illicit drugs for the sum of N2.5 million and have sold over 1.5-million-naira worth of illicit drugs to the public.
The police recovered 20 packs of Tramadol and a Lexus saloon car ES350 from the suspects.
The Force PRO further disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force within the past 2 months arrested 548 Armed Robbery suspects, 242 Kidnapping suspects, and 365 Murder/Homicide suspects while about 237 suspects were arrested for Rape/Defilement.
He said about 113 victims of Kidnapping were successfully rescued within the period under review.
“Additionally, in furtherance of efforts emplaced by the Force to mop up illegal weapons and curb the proliferation of illicit firearms in the country, about 306 Firearms, and 3,944 ammunition of different calibres were recovered across the country.
“Today we have 20 suspects arrested for various offences including Criminal Conspiracy, Attempted Murder, Murder, Kidnapping, Armed Robbery, and Possession of Illicit Drugs, alongside 44 firearms and 111 live ammunition recovered at various locations by police Operatives across the country.