Anambra State Governor Chief Willie
Obiano has been applauded by Umunbo community in Ayamelum Local Government Area
of Anambra State for pulling down a storey building used as kidnap den in
Ifite-Ora Village by one Celestine Ughamadu and his gang to keep victims whilst
negotiating ransom. The demolition exercise which was carried out on Wednesday
in continuation of the state policy of destroying crime infrastructure and
ensuring that no one benefits from proceeds of crime and criminality attracted
jubilations and commendations from a cross section of the residents as the
excavator bulldozed its way into the compound of late Okafor Ughamadu whose son,
Celestine is the kidnap king-pin known to be terrorizing the community and
environs.
Speaking on the demolition
exercise, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Finihan Adeoye, said that the
suspect who is now at large kept abducted victims in the house and extorted
several millions of Naira as ransom before they regained their freedom.
According to Finihan, “Celestine abducted many persons including a business man
and the head of Assemblies of God Church in Onitsha, while also letting the
building out to other gangs to keep their victims.”
Mr. Finihan stated that the Anambra
State Government and the security agencies that make up the Operation Kpochapu
were resolute to win the war against crime and urged youths to engage
themselves in legitimate source of livelihood since crime does not pay.
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