THE GUARDIAN
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested one kidnapper, who abducted a popular hotelier in the state and received N25 million ransom.
The Guardian learned that the hotelier was taken on December 19, 2023, from his Port Harcourt residence.
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Olatunji Disu, during a briefing at the state police headquarters in Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, on Monday, noted that the wife of the victim approached the police after the abductors of her husband refused to release him, even after receiving N25 million as ransom.
The CP further disclosed that the hoodlums, in the kidnapping process, shot the victim in the leg thrice before dragging him away.
Disu said: “This victim, a popular hotelier in town, was kidnapped on December 19 in his residence by these hoodlums, who shot him thrice in the leg before he was abducted.
“The family did not tell the police or any other security agency; they decided to pay the ransom that was demanded by the kidnappers. About N25 million (in dollars) was paid to these kidnappers, yet they refused to release the victim.
