The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement issued in Warri and made available to newsmen on Friday.

Edafe said that the victim was rescued on Thursday by the command’s anti-cult unit and the operatives attached to the Oghara division.

“On Aug. 17, at about 8.35 p.m, the DPO, Oghara Police Station, received information that some persons, suspected to be kidnappers, were sighted in a Mercedes Benz GLK car at Ogharaeke community.

“The DPO swiftly mobilised and led a team of the command’s anti-cult unit, alongside the divisional patrol team, to the area with the support of community youths and local vigilante.

“The team embarked on a serious patrol of the area until at about 9:50 p.m. when the team sighted the vehicle and on getting closer, the hoodlums abandoned the car and escaped into the bush,” Edafe stated.

He added that the team searched the vehicle and rescued the victim unhurt, adding that he had since been reunited with his family.

The command’s spokesman further stated that investigation revealed that the victim was abducted on Thursday at the entrance of his apartment in Sapele at about 7 p.m.

He explained that 20 rounds of 7.62 AK-47 live ammunition were recovered from the hoodlums and that the command had launched a manhunt for them.

Source: NAN

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EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

According to Uwujaren, Ojo, 26, was arrested following a petition received from a United States of America citizen, on his fraudulent activities.

“The petitioner had alleged that the suspect impersonated one Raymond Bush, who works in the US Treasury, to defraud her of 268,000 dollars.

“The suspect was arrested in his hotel in Oghara. He confessed to building the luxury hotel with his proceeds of the said crime.

“Other items recovered from him included a Mercedes Benz car with personalised number plate and  mobile phones.

“The suspect will be arraigned soon,” he said.

Source: NAN

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