Onyedi Igwe, Port Harcourt
The Rivers State Police Command hasarrested four suspected kidnappers who allegedly abducted and killed a taxi driver in Port Harcourt.
The acting Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, gave the name of the victim as Onyekachi Obioma Chukwuagu in a statement on Sunday.
The Police Spokesperson also gave the identities of the suspected killers as Obichi Ngita, 20; Chisom Honest, 20; Young Chitu, 21 and Omens Woke, 23.
The Police Spokesperson said that operatives also recovered the abandoned corpse of the late driver at Rumuodogo 1 Community, Emohua Local Government Area of the State. along the East/West Road.
She said that they boarded the vehicle of the unsuspecting driver while posing as regular passengers and kidnapped him at a lonely spot.
The suspects were said to have murdered the driver for failing to cooperate with them.
“However, when they got to a quiet part of the route, they kidnapped the victim and abandoned the vehicle, with Reg. No. GDD 250 MU by the roadside.
“The command upon receipt of the complaint swiftly mobilised operatives to the scene where they cordoned off the area and commenced an intensive search resulting in the arrest of Chisom Honest, who led operatives to the rest of the gang, and the location of the victim’s corpse.
“The suspects claimed they murdered the victim, using a machete, for refusing to cooperate with them.
“Efforts are being intensified to apprehend other suspects indicted in the matter with a view to concluding the investigations.
“The Commissioner of Police, while condoling the family of the deceased for the unfortunate loss, assured that the suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation in line with his commitment to the cause of justice. The statement read in part.
