DSS Apprehends Suspected Masterminder of Justice Nwosu-Iheme’s Abduction
- The suspected kidnapper allegedly trailed from Ramat Park end of the Benin-Agbor Road in Edobefore kidnapping her.
- Her Police orderly was killed by the abductors.
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has arrested one Stanley Onoriode Ekemaye who allegedly masterminded the abduction of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Court of Appeal, Benin division.
The judge was abducted on October 30 after she was trailed from Ramat Park end of the Benin-Agbor road in Edo State. Her police orderly was killed by her abductors and she regained her freedom two weeks later.
Before regaining her freedom, lawyers in the state had to embark on strike for her.
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The security agency arrested Ekemaye, who has been described as a “notorious kidnapper,” in the early hours of Tuesday at Okwuzi Egbema in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State.
According to the secret police, Ekemaye had been coordinating robbery and kidnap operations around the Delta, Edo and Rivers axis for years.
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