SSS Smashes Kidnap Gang - Rescues Perm Sec; NBA Chairman - Recovers $130,000, N10m

Uchechukwu Olisah, Benin City - 14.11.2009

The State Security Service (SSS) in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Friday, announced the smashing of a kidnap gang and the rescuing of 11 victims.

Besides, the SSS announced the recovery of $130,000 and N10 million in cash.

The state director of the SSS, Mr. Olukayode Oduneye, who made the announcement while parading four suspected kidnappers, said the victims were abducted from different parts of the country, particularly the South West, Niger Delta, Niger, Benue and Adamawa states.

The rescued victims were Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youths Affairs and Strategy, Adamu Umar, who was abducted at Dikko Junction, near Suleja in Niger State; Managing Director ABS Gorminers, Abubakar Tarfa, who was kidnapped on Abaji Road and Deputy Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Abdulganiyu Abubakar, who was forcefully taken with his driver, Abioye Tajudeen, on Okene-Auchi Road.

Others included the chairman of Ekpoma branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) with his three children.

The SSS director said the suspects were arrested at different locations in Warri and Benin, and that their arrests were made possible because of the cooperation of members of the public and good intelligence work.

He added that the arrests led to the release of the victims between November 12 and 13.

Mr. Oduneye said the SSS worked in cooperation with the police in Benin City and the military in Warri, Delta State.

One of the victims, Abubakar Tarfa, 52, who spoke with journalists, said he and 10 others, including the lawyer and his three children, were held hostage for eight days.
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We should commend as much as we condemn.

I give them a standing ovation.

Sagamite:

We should commend as much as we condemn.

I give them a standing ovation.

Well said.