{"id":221547,"date":"2024-09-28T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/28\/edo-police-nab-ex-convict-for-kidnapping-robbery\/"},"modified":"2024-09-28T09:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:17:44","slug":"edo-police-nab-ex-convict-for-kidnapping-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/28\/edo-police-nab-ex-convict-for-kidnapping-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo Police Nab Ex-Convict For Kidnapping, Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old ex-convict, Richard John, for suspected kidnapping and armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Nemi Edwin-Iwo, the State Police Commissioner, announced this on Friday during a news conference in Benin.<\/p>\n<p>Edwin-Iwo identified other members of the group, who are still at large, as Ishmael Peter, the gang boss; Emmanuel Audu; and someone simply known as Lucky.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to the CP, John spent time in jail with the escaping suspects at Koton-Karfe Prison in Kogi.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: Bobrisky Only Spent Three Weeks In Kirikiri, Guarded Like President \u2013 FIJ Report<\/p>\n<p>He stated that on May 7, the suspects broke into the residence of one Promise Ehichoya in Illela Quarters, Ekpoma, tied him up, brought him to an unknown location, and collected a ransom of N6 million before releasing him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also made away with the victim\u2019s vehicle and other household items, including phones of various make, electronics, jewelries and clothing from the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle, a Toyota Venza marked LND 438 HM, was later abandoned and recovered by police operatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing on technologically driven intelligence, operatives of the State Intelligence Department SID, trailed and arrested Richard John Abdullahi at the Zone C area of Apo Resettlement Quarters, Abuja,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The police chief also indicated that intensive attempts are underway to apprehend the fleeing criminals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1233966365\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old ex-convict, Richard John, for suspected kidnapping and armed robbery. Nemi Edwin-Iwo, the State Police Commissioner, announced this on Friday during a news conference in Benin. Edwin-Iwo identified other members of the group, who are still at large, as Ishmael Peter, the gang boss; Emmanuel Audu; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Edo Police Nab Ex-Convict For Kidnapping, Robbery - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/28\/edo-police-nab-ex-convict-for-kidnapping-robbery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edo Police Nab Ex-Convict For Kidnapping, Robbery - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old ex-convict, Richard John, for suspected kidnapping and armed robbery. 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