Police finally arrest suspected kidnap kingpin terrorising Benue
- Police have confirmed the arrest of a suspected kidnap kingpin in Benue state, Paul Terwase Agbem
- The state police spokesman, Anene Sewuese Catherine, made this known on Monday, May 24
- Anene said that efforts are in progress to arrest the suspects who are at large
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A report by Channels TV indicates that a suspected kidnap kingpin, Paul Terwase Agbem and his accomplice, Mson Yaasa of Adikpo, have been arrested in the Kwande local government area of Benue state.
Legit.ng gathered that the police authorities confirmed on Monday, May 24, that the suspects were arrested on Saturday, May 22, after operatives invaded their hideout in the northcentral state.
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Anene Sewuese Catherine, the police spokesman in the state, in a statement, said the suspected kidnappers were nabbed when they had assembled at Ankpa Quarters in Makurdi and perfected plans to abduct their victim.
She said:
“On 22/05/2021 at about 1200hrs, these suspects had assembled at Ankpa Quarters, Makurdi and perfected plans to carry out their nefarious act when the operatives invaded their hideout and arrested the kingpin, one Paul Terwase Agbem also known as Top of Gwarimpa, Abuja and one Mson Yaasa of Adikpo, Kwande Local Government Area.”
The police spokesman identified the planned kidnap victim as a staff of the Joseph Sawuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi who allegedly refused to pay him money for the contract he executed in the school.
Anene explained that efforts are in progress to arrest the fleeing suspects.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that suspected kidnappers abducted Hyacinth Nwiye who serves as the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee chairman in Khana local government area of Rivers state.
It was reported that the spokesperson for the party, Ogbonna Nwuke, disclosed that Nwiye was abducted on Sunday, April 4, from his residence in the Khana area.
The APC blamed Nwiye's abduction on the inability of the Rivers state government to guarantee appropriate security protection at the grassroots.
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The party called on security agencies in the state to do everything necessary to rescue their kidnapped member.
In a related report, another criminal was eliminated from Nigeria according to the Zamfara police command. The eliminated bandit is the leader of a group in the state. He was killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by Mohammed Shehu, spokesman of the state police command.
Source: Legit.ng
