The Department of State Services
(DSS) has arrested Stanley Onoriode Ekemaye, described as a “notorious kidnap
kingpin” who allegedly masterminded the abduction of Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, a
judge with the Benin division of the appeal court.
Nwosu was kidnapped on October 30
after being trailed from Ramat Park end of the Benin-Agbor road before her
vehicle was intercepted around Christ Chosen Church of God International.
Her police orderly was killed.
She eventually regained her
freedom after two weeks.
Ekemaye is believed to have been
coordinating robbery and kidnap operations around the Delta, Edo and Rivers axis
for years.
Among his alleged victims are
Francisca Okhiria, wife of the managing director of the Nigeria Railway
Corporation, who was kidnapped on September 14 and released after three weeks.
Others are Esther Achimogu and
Elias Ovesour who were kidnapped in June, as well as Elizabeth Mekuye,
sister-in-law to Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta state, who was abducted
in August and released early September.
Sylvanus Okogbenin, the chief
medical officer of Irrua Speicalist Hospital, was kidnapped on August 26 in an
operation that led to the death of two police offers.
The kidnap was also traced to
Ekemaye.
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