The reason we killed ex-Anambra deputy gov –Suspect

Lagos State Police Command has arrested three suspects  alleged to be  members of the gang of kidnappers that   killed former Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chudi Nwike in 2013.

The suspects, who  were paraded yesterday by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko, at the state Police Headquarters were also allegedly responsible for the  kidnap of  the wife and daughter of  a Supreme Court judge, Justice Rhodes Vivour.

One of the suspects, Godspower (31) gave a graphic account of  how his gang killed the deputy governor after collecting ransom.

He told Daily Sun: “When we succeeded in kidnapping the deputy governor, we demanded for N30 million ransom, but we were shocked when we received paltry sum of  N5 million. One of  our leaders, Rufus, got angry that the family of the deputy governor brought N5 million instead of N30 million; he then drove the victim and members of his  family who came to deliver the ransom away and in a few minutes, we heard heavy gunshots, about four gunshots.

“When Rufus came back, he called the wife of the deputy governor on telephone and urged her to use the N25 million balance to bury her husband. Rufus also told the wife that two persons who came to deliver the ransom had been killed.

“When our leader, Kelvin, came back, he got angry and blamed Rufus for killing the victims. He also reminded Rufus that he is fund of bringing ill luck to the gang because he was the reason Prison warders were killed in Delta State. It was  while rescuing Rufus  that we killed prison officials.”

The suspect said they were shocked when Rufus narrated how and why the deputy governor and his two rescuers were killed.

“Although after blaming Rufus, our leader, Kelvin still collected the money from him and shared it to us and I got N100,000 only from the loot. They didn’t give us good money from the loot. It was  Kelvin and other key members of the gang that got the chunk of the money. We are just minors. Kelvin is the leader , while Rufus is the second -in-command.

“We still kidnapped the wife of the Supreme Court judge and his daughter. We  demanded for N20 million ransom and we got exactly the amount we demanded.  My own share in that one was N1.3 million,” he said.

Kelvin and Rufus took the lion share. The judge’s wife was the last assignment we did before Kelvin and Rufus were killed by security agents,” he said.

The   Lagos State Police boss, Manko,  who,  narrated how the police had the breakthrough, said the diligence  of a  Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Aisha Haruna, and  the officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Abba Kyari  led to the arrests.

His words: “Sequel to the tracking and arrest of one Monday Odieto from Benin, Edo State by DPO, Ikoyi Division, SP Haruna for his involvement in kidnapping of the wife of a sitting Supreme Court Judge, Justice Rhodes Vivour and his subsequent confession during interrogation to be a member of 30-man gang of deadly kidnappers who operated in South-South and South East areas of the country, I gave a matching order to the officer- in -charge of SARS, SP Abba Kyari to go after them for possible apprehension and recovery of their operational weapons.

“After a long manhunt, one Godspower was tracked and arrested at Ikorodu on  April 23, 2014 by Kyari and his men. He was identified by Monday  to be a top ranking member of the gang.