The Nigerian police has revealed
the steps it took in arresting Desmond Okotubo, a kidnap kingpin and one of the
top followers of late Don Waney.
The police also said Okotubo
revealed how Don Waney gathered them and briefed them on the New Year attack.
Force Public Relations Officer,
CSP Jimoh Moshood, addressed reporters while parading the dreaded criminal
alongside other suspects of various crimes in Abuja.
Moshood said Okotubo was arrested
at Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, by the
IGP-Intelligence Response Team, where he had escaped to on January 3, after the
New Year massacre.
The Force spokesperson said, “The
Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, set-up special Police joint
investigation team, comprising the IGP-Intelligence Response Team, the Force
Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Force Department of
Operations and the Rivers State Police Command to immediately unravel those
behind the killings and bring them to justice.
“The IGP-Intelligence Response
Team attached to the Joint Police Special Investigation Team engaged some of
the suspects in their hideouts in Awara Forest, a boundary between Imo and
Rivers states.
“The shootout, which lasted
several hours, resulted in the death of six of the suspects, while others
escaped with gunshot injuries to other locations in Rivers, Delta, Imo and
Bayelsa states. The Police teams are currently on their trail.
“The IGP-Intelligence Response
Team further identified Desmond Okotubo, who escaped on January 3 to Abuja. He
was trailed to Mpape in Abuja, where he was arrested after serious resistance
on January 9.
“He revealed to the Police how
their gang leader, Don Waney, gathered them and briefed them on the night of
January 31, 2017 on the mission to attack and kill the residents of Omoku town.
“Thirty of them, armed with over
20 AK-47 rifles, crossed the river from Awara to Omoku Forest and proceeded to
Omoku town.”
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