After the victim was released, she reported her ordeal to the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed for Investigation and apprehension of the kidnappers.
The IG’s Intelligence Response Team were deployed in Delta State, after which they recovered, three locally-made guns, an axe, 10 unexpended cartridges and a sum of N320,000 from the suspects.
I used to be a farmer and sand miner before I was introduced to kidnapping and armed robbery by two friends called Ali and Muritala, Chukwuka Said.
The 28 year old said, “They showed me their guns and took me to where they kept them. During the lockdown last year, they relocated to their hometown in Kogi State and left the guns behind.
When things became difficult for me as the lockdown continued, I picked up the guns and called one of my friends, Efibe.
“We talked about forming a kidnapping gang. We then trailed a woman (Ibe) driving a nice car to her house and abducted her at the gate of her house.
We took her into the bush. The woman called her husband and we demanded N500,000.
“She told her husband to increase the ransom to N1m and warned him not to involve the police. We became friendly with her. We neither beat her nor blindfold her. I collected the money from her salesgirl who brought it. I got N500,000 as my share of ransom and it is still in my back account. I wanted to rent an apartment with it. I was arrested three days after the operation. I have given my life to Christ and I want to turn a new leaf.”
A High Court sitting in
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on February 18, 2021, ordered popular
broadcaster, Ifedayo Olarinde, aka Daddy Freeze, to pay the sum
of N5m for committing adultery with his lover, Benedicta Elechi.
Daddy Freeze was ordered to
pay the money to Paul Odekina, who was married to Elechi at the time the
adulterous act was committed.
In the court documents
obtained by one of our correspondents, with the suit no PHC/403MC/2012, Mrs
Benedicta Nkemdilim Odekina is the Petitioner/Cross Respondent, while Mr
Paul Odekina is 1st Respondent/Cross Petitioner and Ifedayo Olarinde
(Freeze) is the Co-Respondent to Petition/Cross Respondent.
The presiding Judge, Hon Justice Akpughunum, ruled that the OAP should pay the sum of N5m as “damages for depriving Odekina amiable consort of his wife”.
The document read in part,
“The sum of N5,000,000 is awarded against Ifedayo Olarinde as damages for
depriving the cross petitioner of the amiable consort of his wife and for
injury suffered as a result of his adultery with the petitioner/cross
respondent.
The judge then proceeded to
dissolve the marriage between Paul and Benedicta due to Benedicta’s adulterous
act with Daddy Freeze.
“An order of Decree Nisi is
hereby granted, dissolving the marriage contracted between Paul Ochenu Odekina
and Benedicta Nkemdilim Elechi-Agunabo on 26/1/2002 at the Chaplaincy of the
Holy Rosary CIWA at Port Harcourt on the ground that the marriage has been
broken down irretrievably by reason of the Petitioner/ Cross respondent having
committed adultery and intolerable behaviour of the petitioner/cross respondent
which the respondent cannot be expected to live with the petitioner/cross
respondent,” the document had it.
Paul was also granted
custody of the children produced in the marriage, while Benedicta was ordered
to hand over the children’s passports and birth certificates.
In a phone interview with
one of our correspondents, Daddy Freeze confirmed the development but noted
that he would release a statement on his Instagram page in due time.
“I will release a statement
on my Instagram handle in due time; not today, but in due time. There are
things that I want to ensure that I have proper information on before I release
my statement.
“Here is my take, watch my
Instagram handle. I will address this properly and release my statement but I
have to be guarded. I am just discussing with the appropriate quarters how best
to address this issue. Please, just watch my Instagram handle. Before the end
of next week, I will have a response,” he said.
The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a 45-year-old woman, Mrs. Motunrayo Olajide, inside her house in Ado Ekiti, the state capital by an unknown person.
Sunday Abutu, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Ekiti State Police Command, said on Friday that the law enforcement agencies had not arrested anyone yet in connection with the incident.
The woman who had three kids to cater for, was allegedly killed at her residence on 2nd Avenue, Aseye Street, Nova, Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti metropolis on Monday.
Abutu said, “The woman was stabbed with a sharp object in her neck, which pierced the skin and created a deep cut that led to her bleeding to death.
“Police detectives have launched serious investigations into the matter to unravel those behind the dastardly act.
“The remains of the woman have been deposited in the morgue while the investigations continue. We are awaiting the outcome of the autopsy that would be performed by experts to guide us in determining the true cause of the woman’s death.
“We appeal to residents and neighbors of the deceased who have relevant information that can help our investigation to feel free to provide such,” the police spokesperson said.
The victim was reported dead after she was seen in the pool of her own blood at about 4.50 pm on Monday when the deceased’s 11-year-old daughter returned from school and met her mother’s lifeless body on the floor.
The source, who said that the daughter, upon discovery, raised the alarm to other neighbors, said, “The killers seized the opportunity that the woman was always at home to strike and killed her.
“When we rushed there, we saw her in the pool of blood with a deep cut in her neck. The landlords in the area quickly ran to the police station to report the matter,” the source said.
According to sources in the area, the incident occurred on Tuesday evening, between the hours of 7:30 and 8:00 pm near Ajebandele, a village in the Obokun Local Government area, about three kilometres to Osogbo, the state capital.
The gunmen had reportedly attacked travelers and shot dead a man, whose name remains anonymous at the time of the report, while an unspecified number of passengers were also abducted.
The Field Commander, Amotekun Corps in Osun, Amitolu Shittu, who was at the scene of the crime, confirmed the incident.
Amitolu said the deceased was shot dead by the attackers, whom he said carried AK-47 rifles, adding that search and rescue operation had commenced for those abducted.