Facebook Scammers Held for Multiple Kidnapping, Rape of Student Victims in Delta

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The Police in Delta State have smashed a gang of kidnappers who
lure unsuspecting young girls on facebook, get them to a hotel, drug them, gang rape them, before holding them hostage until the parents pay ransom to secure their release.

The arrest was made after the police received a complaint from a female victim who ran into one of the suspects in her area.

NewsmakersNG learned that the woman reported to the DPO Ofuoma Division at about 5pm on January 2, that she saw one of the hoodlums that kidnapped her on December 11, 2022 and held her hostage at a hotel in Iwherekpokpor Community, Ughelli North LGA, took her nude pictures and recorded her on video while inserting a candle on her private part,  and used same to blackmail her parents to pay huge ransom.

Delta State police spokesman, DSP Bridge Edafe told NewsmakersNG: “On receipt of this complaint, the DPO immediately detailed a combined team of Police detectives and  Ekiugbo community vigilante, arrested one Cornelius Emene ‘m’ aged 32 years.

“During preliminary investigation, suspects made useful statement that led to the arrest of two other suspects, Nelson Aghogho (aka Little), Ufuoma Tunde ‘f’, and also gave account of how they kidnapped another student of School of Health and Technology Ofuoma, Ughelli North LGA.

“The Modus Operandi of the syndicate is to lure unsuspecting young girls on Facebook, get them to a hotel, drug them, gang rape them, before holding them hostage, then demand ransom from their parents to secure their release. The suspects phones contained numerous sex video recordings of their previous victims, which was also used to blackmail them and their parents.

“The three suspects, Cornelius Ememah, Nelson Aghogho (aka Little), and Ofuoma Tunde ‘f’, are currently in custody, and investigation is ongoing.”