One Nwabueze Nicholas Lucky has been arrested by the Imo
State Police Command for allegedly abducting a two-year old
Somtochkwu Olewu. It was gathered that the little boy was
abducted at the residence of his parents at Zone 4 World Bank
Area, in Owerri. The state command Police Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, DSP Andrew Enwerem who confirmed the
arrest, said it was carried out by the operatives of the Anti-
kidnapping squad of the command following a tip-off. The
PPRO said, “Following a tip-off, the operatives of anti-
kidnapping unit of the Command moved into action. That
movement produced a positive report, hence the suspect,
Lucky Nwabueze, who has confessed to the crime was
arrested while the poor boy, Somtochukwu was rescued.
“The suspect has been helping the police with useful
information,” Enwerem noted. Lucky, in his confessional
statement, said that he indulged in the ‘evil act’ not for ritual
purposes but to get money from the father of his victim who
lives in China.
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I was going to that Zone 4 in the World Bank Area in
search of job. Whenever, I felt like eating something, I
would go to the boy’s mother shop. Fortunately, on that
day, October 27, 2015, the mother of the boy was inside
the shop and the boy was coming out of their compound
alone.
“When I did not see anybody, I took the boy away and
joined the next commercial tricycle (keke) to the park,
where I boarded a bus to Mbaise,” “I kept the boy in my
custody for two days and called his mother, whose
number I had before.“A day after I abducted the boy, I
received an alert of N500, 000 in my account. Hoping to
release him immediately I cash the money, I went to my
bank with my ATM card.
“I collected N120, 000 first. After that day, the ATM failed
to pay. I went inside the bank to ask why. It was then I
was arrested by the police
,” Lucky added. Mrs. Olewu Ifeoma, mother of the victim who
identified herself as an undergraduate, said that as her only
child for now she felt that her world had crashed for the two
days her son was in captivity. She said the suspect usually
comes to her shop to patronise her but that she never knew
he had an evil plan. Stressing the law must take its course,
she said, “ I am very grateful to the police. I must sincerely
thank the Imo State Commissioner of Police and his men,
who rescued my boy, ” Ifeoma said, adding that they have
wiped away her tears. “In all, may God Almighty be glorified
and may the Lord reward them abundantly ” she added.