Adejoke Adeleye,Abeokuta
As part of the “ember” sweep clean synergy of the Nigeria Police Force, Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad has nabbed four kidnappers in Ogun State. They are: Ikewe Abel; Samson Adamu 17; Godspower, 20 and Kabiru Badru, 35. The coinage “ember” came out of the months, September to December when people commit a lot of crimes to make money for the end of year jamboree.
DSP Uba Adams, the OC of the FSARS Ogun State said the men were recently arrested following report about a kidnapped monarch in Obaife somewhere along Water side in Ogun.
In an interview with our correspondent, Ikewe made it known that he started the kidnap job some months ago and they had been able to kidnap three people in Obaife, Iseh and Imakun.
Also they collected N2 million ransom from members of the kidnapped persons. Ikewe and Samson claimed they were not always going out for operations but their bosses who managed to escape were always in the fields while they (Samson and Ikewe) did the cooking.
Samson in his view said if they would have to go along they carried bags containing the things they would use for their kidnapped person. While Godspower is the boat rider, Kabiru gave information about the next person to be kidnapped.
Also, two notorious car snacthers, Damilola Omolegbe, 23 and Saidi Asirikoko 24, were recently arrested at Oko Ape area of Igbogila.
Damilola Omolegbe said he was the one who contacted Abimbola Olaore, a driver of Toyota Camry with registration number KJA 164 EX on an agreed fee in order to hire his vehicle from Alimoso in Lagos to Igbogila that he wanted to go and buy land.
On getting to Oko Ape area, he asked the driver to stop for him to ease himself only for two other men to emerge from the bush with dangerous weapons. They tied Abimbola with rope after beating him severely and dispossessing him of his car.
Unfortunately for the suspects, while escaping with the car, they ran into a ditch and the vehicle was unable to move further and Abimbola managed to scream on his last strength to get attention of people around.
Report was made to a nearby police Area Command head, ACP Titus Musa and he immediately swung into action. The bush was thoroughly combed by the policemen in collaboration with the members of the community and the two suspects were eventually arrested while the remaining one escaped.
Recovered from Saidi was a local barrel gun. Meanwhile Saidi claimed that the gun was given to him by his area brother while he was in school to scare other cult guys like him who were threatening him on campus.
Saidi also claimed he never used the gun in any of his operations to snacth car.
Another mind blowing crime of the ember months was committed by Andrew Koku who murdered his own child in Ayedere area in Obada Oko,Ogun State. Andrew is said to have intentionally killed his six month old baby by name Precious Koku on Christmas Evě.
The suspect was arrested following a complaint from the mother of the baby, Omowumi Teleda, who lodged complaint at Adigbe Divisional Headquarters that she went out to see her first child she had with her ex-husband leaving the six month old baby behind with the father, only for her to come back and meet the corpse of the child.
She explained further that the baby was hail and hearty before she left home and within an hour of her outing, the baby had dropped dead.
This made her to strongly suspect her husband who happened to be the only person with the baby.
Upon her complaint, the DPO Adigbe Division CSP Sunday Oladipo detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested the husband.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but claimed to be suspecting that his wife wanted to leave him for her ex-husband and that if that should happen, he will not be able to take care of the baby, that was the reason he decided to eliminate the child.
Meanwhile,the Commissioner of Police CP Ahmed Iliyasu has directed that the case be transferred to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution of the suspect.