TONY Anene, a 37-year-old man from Delta State, is now in custody of the Nigerian Army, 9 Brigade, Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly conspiring with two others to kidnap his uncle, one Mr. Dominic Nwaezego in Lagos. The suspect was arrested by men of the Brigade attached to the enhanced security squad popularly called “Quick Response Group” (QRG) at the weekend.
Parading the suspected kidnapper, the Commander 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, General Adeniyi Oyebade, warned criminal elements still wandering in Lagos to find another place for their criminal escapades or be ready to be “weeded out” of the city.
The Army General noted that Lagos was now a “no-go area” for kidnappers and other criminal elements.
The victim, Nwaezego, was said to have been held incommunicado, blindfolded without food or water for three days before he was rescued and the suspect arrested by the Nigerian Army Quick Response Group (QRG).
Gen Oyebade said: “This morning, a few minutes to 1. 00a.m., the Nigerian Army Quick Response Group, which operates on Lagos-Ibadan-Ogere axis, stopped a Honda car, blue in colour with Registration Number: LND 751 AP in Akara village, somewhere around Ogun State.”
“They observed that the vehicle was just wobbling along with one of the tyres in bad shape. During an on-the-spot interrogation, as part of the “stop and search operations”, somebody in the vehicle by name Mr. Dominic Nwaezegu shouted that he was a kidnap victim,” he said.
He added: “On hearing that shout, two out of the three kidnappers jumped out of the vehicle and ran into the bush. Unfortunately for one of them, Mr. Tony Anene, he was apprehended and brought into the military custody for interrogation.”
Oyebade further explained that from the details from their preliminary investigation, there was an “insider-job,” stressing that the suspected kidnapper, Tony, was a relation to the victim, Nwaezego.
The victim was said to have been kidnapped on the April 9, 2013 at his residence using the name of the Economic Adviser to the President, Mr. Augustine Uwaizi Ohidikpe, to lure him out of his house, knowing full well that the victim had maintained a good relationship spanning over 10 years with the Economic Adviser.
It was disclosed that the suspected kidnapper, Anene, took advantage of the fact that his uncle’s son, who lives in Abu Dhabi had visited the country recently to attend a wedding; perhaps Anene and his cohorts suspected that he came in with some money to give to his father.
The Commander reiterated that another mystery, which they were still trying to unravel, was the fact that there was a land dispute in Okpoije Umueze Quarters of Ibusa, Oshimili Local Council of Delta State.
“It was under the guise of the land dispute that the elderly man was kidnapped using the name of the Economic Adviser to the President Augustine Uwaizi Ohidikpe to lure him out of his house,” he noted.
He revealed that investigation had exonerated the Economic Adviser who was said to have nothing to do with the kidnap incident.
“His name was merely used to lure the victim out because he knew the Economic Adviser very well and they have been relating for the past 10 years,” Oyebade added.
Anene confirmed that there was, indeed, a land dispute that they were trying to resolve in the village.
He claimed that, “a few weeks ago, my uncle Mr. Dominic called me that some people actually called him and wanted to get into the matter in the village. They invited him to Ikeja but when he got there he didn’t see anybody.
However, he did not deny his involvement in the crime.
Oyebade noted that the Nigerian Army was synergizing with other security agencies to track down the two suspects that escaped claiming that they were allegedly in possession of weapons.
He assured that the army would continue to support the Nigeria Police towards ensuring that crime rates are brought to the barest minimum in the state.
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