Sacked workers who kidnapped ex-employer demanding N5m arrested
Three dismissed staff members of a company, identified as Peter Nse, 24; Chukwuma Nwobodo, 48; and Michael Umanah, 30, who connived to kidnap their former employer, Ifenuga Olayinka have been apprehended.
Narrating the incident to the Ogun State Police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Olayinka said he received a text message from someone who described himself as the ‘Killer Vagabond of Africa.’
Olayinka who manages his company in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State said in the text message, he was directed to pay a sum of N5 million to avoid being kidnapped.
He said: “In the said message, the author directed the complainant to pay the sum of N5 million into a bank account he sent to him or risk being kidnapped within the shortest possible time.
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“Upon the report, the DPO, Igbeba division, CSP Musiliu Doga, detailed his detectives to unravel those behind the devilish message.
“The detectives there and then embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation, which led them to Anambra State, where two of the suspects, namely Peter Nse and Chukwuma Nwobodo, were arrested.
“Their arrest led the detectives to Ago-Iwoye, where the third suspect, Michael Umanah, was apprehended.
“It was when they were brought before the complainant that he identified them as his former employees whom he laid off not quite long ago for certain misconduct”.
The police spokesman added that the suspects have all confessed to the crime, admitting that they connived to kidnap their former employer because they were unhappy with how their employment contracts were terminated.
