Police gun down wanted kidnapper Lucifer in Rivers state
- A suspected notorious kidnapper, Ekweme Brown, popularly known as Lucifer is shot dead by policemen in Rivers state during a sting operation
- The suspect, Brown, is said to be responsible for all the kidnappings and hijack of commercial buses on the Ndele axis of the east west road in the state
- The spokesperson for the Rivers police command, Nnamdi Omoni, says the deceased was declared following intelligence that fingered him as mastermind of several abductions on the road
A notorious kidnapper, Ekweme Brown, popularly known as Lucifer has been shot dead by policemen in Rivers, an official said.
Rivers police command spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the killing in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, October 1, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Omoni said that Brown was killed during a sting operation launched by the police to apprehend the deceased.
“Ekweme Brown, also known as Lucifer, was killed by men of Operation Sting, in a sting operation led by ACP Shem Evans.
“Brown is responsible for all the kidnappings and hijack of commercial buses on the Ndele axis of the East West Road in the state.
Omoni said the police command had declared the deceased wanted following intelligence that fingered him as mastermind of several abductions on the road.
Source: UGC
“The most wanted notorious kidnapper is an indigene of Egamini Rundele in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers.
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“The entire Rundele community has been thrown into wild jubilation following announcement of his death,” he said.
The police spokesman said the command was currently on the trail of gang members of the deceased suspect.
Meanwhile, thirty-one Nigerians who were trafficked and into Burkina Faso as slaves have been rescued by the Katsina state government. Abdu Malumfashi, the director-general of media and publicity to the state government said the victims were expected to return to Katsina on Tuesday, October 1.
Malumfashi said seven of the victims of human trafficking have also been assisted to return to the country by the Nigerian Embassy in Burkina Faso.
He said the victims were not kidnapped but rather tricked into slavery in the Benin Republic to Beninoise lady by one Alhaji Usman from Kankara town. Stating that Usman is now at large, Malumfashi said his mobile phones number are already in the possession of security officials and relevant agencies.
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