Chika John Nnodim was arrested by operatives of the Nigerian National Agency for the Prohibition in Trafficking of Persons (NAPTIP) and handed over to the country's Inspector-General of Police for further investigations.
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Nigerian agency arrest suspect behind kidnapping of Takoradi girls
A man suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of the three Takoradi girls and other abductions in Ghana has been nabbed in Nigeria.
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The agency in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Victoria ijampy, said Nnodim, believed to be part of a cross border criminal gang including kidnapping, was nabbed after painstaking investigation at various locations within Nigeria and Ghana.
"Operatives of the National Agency for the prohibition in trafficking of persons NAPTIP have arrested one Chika John Nnodim for alleged involvement in the kidnap of three Ghanaian girls from Ghana to Nigeria. The suspect has also been handed over to the office of the Inspector-General of Police for further investigation," the statement said.
“The statement continued: The suspects who is believed to be part of a cross border criminal gang including kidnapping and have been under security watch list of the government of Nigeria and Ghana was nabbed by NAPTIP officials after a very painstaking investigation at various locations within Nigeria and Ghana.
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He and two other Nigerians: Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji were alleged to have been involved in the kidnapping of three Ghanaians girls aged between 15 and 21 years, the statement further noted.
It said that, “The case was reported to the Agency by the Ghana High Commission Abuja in April 2019 alleging the kidnap of their citizens from Ghana to Nigerian. The Agency collaborated with relevant law enforcement Agencies within Nigeria and Ghana in the investigation.
“The case has been transferred to the Inspector-General of Police for further investigation because finding from investigation proved that the case is not human trafficking related but of murder and kidnap.
“When contacted, the Director-General of NAPTIP Dame Julie Okah-Donli expressed displeasure over the activities of the suspects adding that they were promptly handed over to the sister law enforcement Agency to ensure their thorough prosecution.
“She stressed further that the Agency shall continue to collaborate with other relevant Agencies as part of its inter-agencies synergy. The NAPTIP boss warned that there is no hiding place for any criminal in Nigeria irrespective of their status even as she assured of arobust inter-agencies collaborations in the years above".
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The latest development comes weeks after four bodies, suspected to that of the Takoradi girls, were retrieved from a manhole close to a house previously occupied Samuel Udoetuk Wills, the other Nigerian standing trial in Ghana.
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