Policeman Who Kidnapped Neigbour’s Son 3 Years Ago Finally Nabbed | See His Excuse

A dismissed police officer, Paul Ibara, 36, and two of his four accomplices have been nabbed over the kidnap of his neighbour’s 4-year-old son three years ago in the Agege area of Lagos. The dismayed suspects who have since spent the N5m ransom and forgotten about the crime were arrested by operatives of the IGP, Solomon Arase’s Special Intelligence Response Team.

According to NewTelegraph, Paul who was allegedly dismissed over his involvement in unethical practices has now claimed he took to crime in order to pay his ailing dad’s medical bills.

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He said,

“I went into crime because my father had prostate cancer. It was very bad and doctors needed to carry out surgery. The hospital at Uyo, demanded N450,000, but they couldn’t do it.

The hospital referred him to a hospital in Ghana, where they demanded N800,000. I had no money. I started thinking of how to raise the money. I thought of a rich man in my area. He has a very big school. I started planning how to kidnap his four-year-old son.”

Paul and his accomplices kidnapped their 4-year-old victim, Alonge Oluwa Tunmishe, in January 2013 on his way to school. They subsequently took him to Abeokuta in Ogun state, where he was held captive until his poor parents coughed out N5m after the initial N10m ransom demanded.

The suspect, who is married with kids, added,

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“The man said he didn’t have such an amount of money. He paid N5m after four days.

We picked the money along Abeokuta Road. We asked the man to put on his rear lights, and when we saw the vehicle, we asked him to drop the money by the side of the road. We released the boy that night and shared the money.

We all got N1m each. I sent N700,000 to my father and the surgery was done successfully. Last month, Ifeanyi (one of his accomplices) called me; I didn’t know he was with policemen. When I went to meet him, police arrested me.”

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