5 January 2022
Delta State Police Command has arrested a gang of Facebook Scammers, kidnappers and Rapists that are terrorizing Iwherekpokpor and Ufuoma Communities in Ughelli North Local Government Areas of Delta State .
To his was contained in a Statement by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer , PPRO Bright Edafe.
The statement stated that the gang were arrested following a complain by a lady who identify one of the kidnappers that held her hostage December 11,2022.
in an hotel in Iwherekpokpor Community, Ughelli North local government area .
The Statement reads , “On 02/01/2023 at about 1700hrs, the DPO Ofuoma Division received a complaint from a lady (name withheld) that she saw one of the hoodlums that kidnapped her on 11/12/2022, and held her Hostage at a hotel in Iwherekpokpor Community, Ughelli North LGA, took her nude pictures and recorded her on video while inserting a candle on her private part, and used same to blackmail the victim and her parents to pay huge ransom.”
“On receipt of this complaint, the DPO immediately detailed a combined team of Police detectives and Ekiugbo community vigilante, arrested one Cornelius Emene ‘m’ aged age 32 years. During preliminary investigation, suspects made useful statement that led to the arrest of two other suspects Nelson Aghogho (aka Little), Ufuoma Tunde ‘f’, and also gave account of how they kidnapped another student of school of health and Technology Ofuoma, Ughelli north LGA.
“The Modus operandi of the syndicate is to lure unsuspecting young girls on facebook, get them to a hotel, drug them, gang rape them, before holding them hostage and demand ransom from their parents to secure their release.” the statement added.
It further explained that the suspects phones contained numerous sex video recording of their previous victims, which was also used to blackmail them and their parents.
The three suspects, Cornelius Ememah, Nelson Aghogho (aka Little), and Ofuoma Tunde are currently in custody, and investigation is ongoing.
