Yahoo-yahoo Proceeds: Four Persons aged between 18 and 21 arrested For Kidnapping In Enugu Community
Four suspected kidnappers by been arrested by security agents in Enugu State.
Four suspected kidnappers by been arrested by security agents in Enugu State.
The suspects were said to have kidnapped one Valentine Okechukwu, following alleged disagreements with the victim over yahoo business proceeds.
Those arrested include Samson Eze, 21; Chibuzor Onu, 20, both of Igogoro Community as well as Samson Idoko, 18 and Franklin Odo, 19; from Amufie and Ugbaike Communities respectively.
They were arrested on Wednesday night after the Igboeze North Central Neighbourhood Watch operatives were alerted over unusual movements in the suspects apartments where they were living with other tenants in Imufu Community.
The suspects have since been handed over to the police in Enugu Ezike, in Igboeze North Local Government Area of the state.
However, Okechukwu who spoke with Southeast Post, at Ogrute, Enugu Ezike, confirmed he kidnap and his subsequent rescue by operatives of the Neighbourhood Watch.
He said that he alongside one of the suspects carried out a successful yahoo- yahoo operation and shared the proceeds equitably, adding that he was surprised when the four persons came to his house and kidnapped and threatened to kill him for short-changing them in another operation, which he was not even aware of.
"I was in the yard when they came and kidnapped me, threatening to kill me over another operation which I never took part part in and wasn't even aware of.
"We shared our earlier proceeds equitably after the first operation. It was from the proceeds of our earlier operations that I established my shop but I didn't go out on Wednesday. We were at home, because our landlord died, when they came and kidnapped me.
"They took me to where they were living, beating and threatening to kill me. They threatened to take me to a forest in another village, warning that the consequences of my actions and saying that I would never live to enjoy the money, which they claimed I short-changed them.
"I don't know how or who told the Neighbourhood Watch that I had been kidnapped. I just saw myself here," he added.
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