Volunteer Guards Arrest Three Suspected Kidnappers In Benue

The Benue State security operatives known as Benue State Community Volunteer Guards have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Otukpo.

According to an eyewitness, Dan Odey, the suspects were nabbed on Monday as they were about to board a vehicle from Otukpo to Makurdi.

Odey told our correspondent that a huge amount of money stocked in a bag was found on the suspects which prompted someone within the park to alert community volunteer guards.

He said the money found with the suspects might be the ransom collected from their victims, adding that a Benue Link vehicle was intercepted along Otukpo/Otukpa road last week where some passengers were abducted and the driver of the ill-fated vehicle killed.

“The suspects were carrying a bag containing huge amount of money and tried to join a vehicle from Otukpo here to Makurdi.

“Someone within the motor park promptly alerted the community volunteer guards and when they (the suspects) were confronted to explain where they got the huge amount of money, they could not give convincing answer.

“Thereafter, they were handed over to police in Otukpo”, Odey said.

When contacted, the Police  Public Relations Officer for the state command, Catherine Anene, confirmed the arrest of the suspects and said that they were linked to a kidnap incident on Benue Link that happened along the Otukpo/Otukpa road last week in which the driver was killed.

Anene said, “It’s true that three suspects were nabbed in Otukpo yesterday (Monday) and they are in police custody.

“The suspects were linked to the incident that happened along the Otukpo/Otukpa road last week.

Source: Punch