Police Arrest Suspected Cultist Who Faked Own Kidnap After ‘Killing’ Brother’s Wife

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old suspected cultist, Eseoghene Ezekiel Obeje, who faked his kidnap and collected a ransom of N500,000.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, Bright Edafe on Monday and posted on the command’s X handle.

Edafe said Ezekiel was also behind the kidnap of his elder brother and his wife, Regina Ogana, which eventually led to her death.

The statement reads, “The Command has been investigating the murder of one Regina Ogana ‘f’ who was kidnapped alongside her husband and other members of her family on 02/08/2023.

“The command received another distress call from the husband of the deceased that one of his brothers  Eseoghene Ezekiel Obeje  ‘m’ aged 28 made a suspicious call to him that he was kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of Five Hundred Thousand Naira only (#500,000) and money was transferred into the said Eseoghene’s account as his ransom.

“The Commissioner of Police CP Wale Abass gave a marching order to the DPO Oreropke Division to embark on an intelligence-led investigation and ensure that the perpetrators are arrested.

“Consequently, on 11/08/2023, at about 1145hrs acting on technically generated information,  operatives of the Divisional Anti-Crime Patrol team led by the DPO CSP Paul E. Oboware stormed Odovie community Ughelli North LGA  and arrested the said Eseoghene Ezekiel Obeje at the same spot where the sum of One Million Three Hundred Thousand Naira (#1,300,000.00) was earlier paid as ransom for the release of his elder brother and husband of the deceased.

“Investigation revealed that the said Eseoghene is a member of Eiye confraternity, he faked his own kidnapped and is also suspected to have masterminded the kidnap of his brother and other family members which led to the death is Regina  Ogana.”

According to the statement, the suspect is in custody and the investigation is ongoing.

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