Some banned drugs, 3,871 live
cartridges, and large sum of money have allegedy been discovered in the bedroom
of one Pastor Ignatus Ogboi of the Christ Army Church at Mbiri in Ika North
East Local Government Area of Delta State. He,however, said, “to God be the
glory that I am not a kidnapper.”
The 51-year-old Ogboi was
arrested by policemen attached to the Special Anti- Kidnapping Squad, SAKCCS,
who were acting on intelligence information that he was doing illegal business
in the area. This was as the suspect said he bought the drugs, which included
Tramadol, for his sick wife.
The cleric owned up to the
ownership of the exhibits as he explained that, “I helped vigilantes in my area
to buy them cheap. So, the day I brought them into the community, I was
arrested. I am not the manufacturer of the cartridges. I am still an ordained
minister of God in Christ Army Church, Umunede.
“The bulk of the money being
paraded is very small compared to what I usually have with me, if my business
was still booming. I am not a kidnapper as being speculated.”
Parading the pastor alongside
suspected cult members, murderers and armed robbers in Asaba yesterday, the
Delta State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Mustafa said Ogboi specialised in
sponsoring kidnapping and armed robbery operations within Agbor, Umunede and
its environs.
He explained that, “operatives of
the state Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Asaba, led by the officer in charge, stormed
his residence with duly signed search warrant, arrested him and recovered a
loaded English made double-barrelled gun, 3,871 live cartridges, some
prohibited drugs and undisclosed amount of money believed to be ransom
collected from victims.”
Mustafa insisted that Ogboi was
doing an illegal business of the highest degree of suspicion and suspected that
drugs in his possession were being used on his victims. He stated that Ogboi’s
arrest followed discreet information the command received through intelligence
gathering that a businessman and pastor was dealing on illegal goods in the
locality.
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