Two suspected children from hell have been arrested in Anambra State for
allegedly kidnapping their father. The two brothers, Ifeanyi and
Obinna, aged 44 and 33 respectively, were arrested by the State
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), led by Supol James Nwafor, after they were
implicated in the alleged abduction of their father, Chief Mike
Onwukamuche.
The two sons were said to have demanded for N5
million ransom from their father. According to investigation, the
74-year-old victim was abducted in Ojota and taken to Obosi and was
allegedly held hostage for one week by the suspects. Both Ifeanyi, who
was the victim’s heir and his younger brother, Obinna, according to
investigation decided to kidnap their father because he did not give
them money to support the upkeep of their families when they requested.
The
two alleged evil brothers were unmasked by their younger brother, Dr
Emeka, who suspected a foul play when their father suddenly disappeared.
The younger brother suspected that his elder brothers must be connected
with their father’s disappearance. He followed up his suspicion with
lodging a formal complaints with the SARS whose operatives swung into
action immediately and effected the arrest of Ifeanyi and Obinna and
their friend, who owns the house where the victim was held hostage.
Ifeanyi
explained his role to CrimeWatch: “ I am the first son of my father,
Chief Mike Onwukamuche and I have to kidnap my father. I am a
businessman, I travelled to Thailand and I was dealing on drugs before I
was deported. In November 2012. I told my father that I was handicapped
and that I needed some money to start a business. But despite the fact
that my family was suffering he kept on promising and I have no means of
livelihood. I organized with my younger brother, Obinna, who was in the
same situation and we arranged with my friends to kidnap him.
“The
four-man gang of kidnappers including Obinna participated and kidnapped
my father from Ojoto and took him to Obosi, and kept him in my friend’s
house for one week.” “We demanded N5million from my father. My father
is a businessman and he sells baby wears at Onitsha and he has a lot of
landed property in Onitsha. But he refused to assist us. It was my
junior brother, Dr Emeka who reported to the police that our father had
disappeared and reported the case to the police and we were arrested”.
Another suspect, Obinna explained his role: “I followed the kidnappers
to kidnap my father.
I asked my father to give me money to start
another business because my business was not doing well. My father has
enough landed property in Onitsha. “I asked him to give me N3m to start
another business but he refused. We arranged with my elder brother,
Ifeanyi and other kidnappers and kidnapped my father and kept him in one
of the kidnappers’ house. My father spent one week with the kidnappers
but my father didn’t know that I was part of those who kidnapped him.”
The
Onwukamuches hail from Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Obinna said: “We haven’t collect the money (ransom) but we were about
collecting it when men of the SARS arrested us.” Another suspect, Obi
told CrimeWatch that they the victim. We carried out the kidnapping with
Obinna, his son who was my friend and took him to my own house where he
spent one week there. “We demanded N5million from him before the SARS
came and rounded us up,” he said.
The Anambra state Commissioner
of Police, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa told CrimeWatch that it was one of the
victim’ children, Dr Emeka Onwukamuche who came to report to SARS and
his brothers, Ifeanyi and Obinna who confessed to have kidnapped their
father before the father was released from where he was kept. CP
Nasarawa explained that they demanded for N5million and Chief Mike
Onwukamuche couldn’t believe that his sons were the architects of his
abduction until when the two sons confessed to him that they were the
one who masterminded his kidnapping
The victim expressed shock
about the incident, “ I couldn’t believe it that my own first son could
arranged with his younger brother to kidnap me because they wanted me to
give them money to start business. They were requesting for N3m to
start another business. I promised to give them but that they should be
patient. I sent Ifeanyi abroad but when he got there he sold drugs and
he was deported back home. Obinna was given money to do business but he
squandered the money and requested for another N3m. I promised to give
them the money but that they should give me more time.”
He said
that it was his junior son; Dr Emeka who came to his rescue by reporting
the case to SARS in Awka when he saw that I had disappeared from the
house. He said that he has disowned the two sons and said they should
not come back to him and that they should face the consequence of their
action. CP Nasarawa said that the three suspects would soon be charge to
court.’
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