How we kidnap women and rape them – HIV positive suspect confesses
A kidnap kingpin, Holy Ighoragbor, who is
infected with HIV, on Friday, confessed that he used to rape female
victims held by their gang.
The gang of seven kidnappers was paraded at the premises of the State Security Service (SSS), Asaba, Delta State command.
The kidnappers are Sunday Ogisi, leader of the
gang; Kesiena Onwubolu a.k.a (Kes); Holy Ighoragbor; John David; Moses
Urhode; Samuel Onyekachi Onyema and Francis Oshevire.
According to the state director of SSS, Ms
Florence Ikakone, the gang emerged sometime in January and have been
responsible for many kidnap incidents in Warri and its environs.
She said the gang was responsible for kidnap, murder and sale of victims’ vehicles.
According to Ikakone, the gang kidnapped a
female victim (names withheld), sold her Toyota Siena bus and shot her
on her leg because her relative did not come with the ransom early
enough.
The gang was also responsible for the kidnap
of another female victim (names withheld) on January 19th
and that of a
lawyer, Stephen Olowu, on 25th January, according to the SSS.
The gang allegedly dumped the corpse of the lawyer into Otokutu River.
The gang sold the three vehicles snatched from
their victims at give-away prices of N50, 000, N100, 000 and N120, 000
respectively, SSS said.
Holy Ighoragbor, who claimed to be an
excavator operator, said he was unemployed and because he was HIV
positive, he decided to join the kidnap gang to raise money for his
treatment.
Ighoragbor admitted to having sex with their female victims while in captivity.
Responding to a question on why he had unprotected sex with female victims, he said he did not know the infection was incurable.
He expressed sorrow at the crime and asked for forgiveness, adding
that he will not return to kidnapping if he was set free. He said: “For
the woman, we demanded the sum of N3 million from her family. The
woman’s senior daughter had just graduated from the university and was
doing her NYSC. She offered N300, 000.I said that we should collect the money, but Kes said he would not collect that amount. “Because I did not want him to kill the woman, I shot her in the leg. I suffer from HIV/AIDS and my mother is a poor farmer. It is true that we rape female victims held by our gang.”
