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The Ogun State Police Command has revealed how eight members of a family were arrested for the alleged kidnapping of eight people in the Sagamu area of state.
Six members of the syndicate comprising the father, Oweniwe Okpara and three of his children: Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara as well as one Christian Ishaha and Emmanuel Joseph were paraded in Sagamu on Friday.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the five suspects were apprehended in the Ajaka area of Sagamu for their roles in the kidnap of eight persons at different times in Sagamu and other areas.
SaharaReporters learnt that the police arrested a man, Oweniwe Okpara from Delta State and three of his children namely Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara as well as one Christian Ishaha who accommodated them.
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The police in Ogun State said it has arrested a “kidnap syndicate made up of members of the same family.”
Their arrest, DAILY POST learnt, was sequel to many kidnapping cases within Sagamu and its environs in 2020.
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had given an order to the Area Commander and all the DPOs in Sagamu to fish out those behind the dastardly act within the shortest possible period.
In compliance with the directive, the DPO of Sagamu division, CSP Okiki Agunbiade, his crack detectives with the support of Sagamu Security Council under the Akarigbo of Remo land, embarked on an intelligence and technical based investigation, leading to the arrest of one Oweniwe Okpara from Delta State and three of his children – Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara.
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Police arrest family of 7 who specializes in kidnapping in Ogun
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By James Ogunnaike
The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police on Friday paraded a seven man syndicate that specialized in kidnapping in Sagamu area of the state.
Parading the suspect in Sagamu, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the kidnap syndicate made up of members of the same family.
According to Oyeyemi, five of the syndicate, Oweniwe Okpara and three of his children namely; Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara as well as one Christian Ishaha and Emmanuel Joseph were arrested in Sagamu, while three others of his children; Godwin Okpara, Godspower Okpara and Mathew Okpara were arrested in Delta State.
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