The Enugu State Government has demolished yet another property linked to kidnapping activities in the state, warning landlords that it would not entertain any excuses in enforcing relevant laws of the state mandating the government to bring down any property linked to such evil acts.

Section 315 (Second Amendment) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 30, Laws of Enugu State provides, “If the building or structure owned by the offender or any other person, who knows or ought to reasonably know that the building or structure is so being used for that purpose, the building or structure shall be demolished or forfeited to the State Government.”

Speaking to newsmen at the site, the Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, Hon. Uche Anya, explained that the mansion located at Amaebo Owelli Autonomous Community in Awgu LGA of the state, was said to be used for keeping victims of kidnapping.

According to him, the video of a male kidnapping victim, who had several AK-47 riffles pointed at his head in May 2024, was recorded in the same building, but security agencies were able to track the building, rescuing the victim, while also apprehending most of the criminals and recovering a cache of arms and ammunition.

“What you see here today is the continuation of the war of the Enugu State Government against all manner of criminality. Today, we are here to take down a kidnappers’ den. The property you see us taking down right now is a place where horrendous criminal activities happened.

“For instance, on 25th of May 2024, some deadly kidnappers abducted a man in Enugu, brought him here, stripped bare, even naked to his red boxers, bound him, pointed guns at him, and forced him to start talking to his family to request for money. They posted that video to his relatives.

“They held him down, but to the glory of God and the commitment of Governor Mbah, who is giving his all to security, the government and security agencies, through our state-of-the-art security system, were able to see what was happening in this rural community.

“Security agencies moved to the place. Every other person was arrested, but the kingpin escaped to Ebonyi. We tracked him to Ebonyi, and he escaped to Lagos where the Enugu State Government and the security agencies caught up with him.

Several AK-47 rifles, semi-automatic weapons and all manners of ammunition; dozens of proscribed and offensive weapons were recovered.

“Interestingly, the kingpin of the gang that did this nonsense was a member of the same gang we went after somewhere at Ogbeke Nike.

“To those who say why not convert these properties to good use, we want these to serve as a deterrent in accordance with the law. The Enugu State Government does not want anything that will remind us of the deadly criminality. We just want to put it out of our minds. We do not need to acquire a criminal’s property to use it to serve the public. We bring it down and we do our own thing. We do not want to profit from their criminality,” he stated.

Calling for vigilance on the part of property owners, he said, “So, this is a warning to every landlord. The Enugu State Government will never accept it as an excuse. I am in Australia. I am in America. My brother-in-law took people to my property. Every landlord, once you put up a house in Enugu, we hold you responsible for any criminality that happens in your property; and once it becomes a violent crime, kidnapping, killing, armed robbery, we will take down the property in line with the law that was made by our predecessors. We will enforce it to the letter.

“As I speak to you, the government has taken over this property. That is why we are tearing it down. The title deed is revoked. The government of Enugu State will probably put up a clinic or something that will be more beneficial to the people of Owelli Court.”

The Mbah Administration has been carrying out a demolition campaign on properties linked to kidnapping and violent crimes to serve as a deterrent, insisting that no criminal would be allowed to enjoy the proceeds of crimes in the state.

Recall that the state government had also in August demolished properties linked to kidnapping at Ogbeke Nike and Nkwubor Nike both in Enugu East LGA, recovering cache of arms and ammunition.



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Enugu.

Good initiative

That's how it should be.

Bleiz:
That's how it should be.

Until it happens to your relative , because I know you have not built anything , not even your miserable life

Bleiz:
That's how it should be.

Exactly

Kidnapping is evil and an extreme act of wickedness

Good

vowiski:


Until it happens to your relative , because I know you have not built anything , not even your miserable life

Kidnaper spotted

Gone !!

A leveled plain ground sharp sharp.

Senseless action by the mumu government..

Just delete the space of land from the earth also..

Nice one, if the property actually belong to ...or has any value to the kidnappers.

It will serve as a detterant to others.

Flame333:
Senseless action by the mumu government..

Just delete the space of land from the earth also..

beneficiary oy criminality don dey take style talk

But Use the building as hospital or police station or library instead

vowiski:


Until it happens to your relative , because I know you have not built anything , not even your miserable life

Hand go soon touch you if you use people pain to build yours.

Flame333:
Senseless action by the mumu government..

Just delete the space of land from the earth also..

Try to kidnap we will read your news here.

Creamypie:
beneficiary oy criminality don dey take style talk

Come see mad man don jump queue enter gear five..

If the mother had trained him well, the world would have been a better place..

Ngwamankillyou2:


Try to kidnap we will read your news here.

Try get sense before making comment..

Over seven thousand mad be saying what you said since you were born

What if the owner of that building is not aware that kidnappers are using his property as their hideout?
So that is how he or she will lose the property?

Flame333:



Try get sense before making comment..

Over seven thousand mad be saying what you said since you were born

Kidnapping agent don't worry.

Ngwamankillyou2:


Kidnapping agent don't worry.

I learnt it from your parents as per their silence means of livelihood

Flame333:


I learnt it from your parents as per their silence means of livelihood

You will die on it because my parents is not even from your God forsaken place.

Waste of resources I conder this. Why not channel the efforts used to mobilise demolition equipment to the site to convert the property to govt's and make a public use of it. Better still, sell and put the fund in govt coffer.

This edifice should have been converted into something useful instead of total demolition.

Why demolish it? Why not use it for something else or even a police station.
Nigeria and "waste of resources."

After building your "mansion" in the village, find someone who will live in it. At times, the kidnappers use the said building without any idea by the owners because most of the buildings are empty for years without the owners coming home

vowiski:


Until it happens to your relative , because I know you have not built anything , not even your miserable life

are you normal at all?, They use structure to perpetrate evil, kidnapping people, and it was demolished, why are you pained?, So you enjoy kidnapping people right?

If they continue like this, no mansion would remain in the south east. They are all acquired with proceeds of kidnapping unfortunately, and drugs