FOUR POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF HOTELIER IN RIVERS STATE

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested at least four of its operatives for allegedly kidnapping a hotel staff in Port-Harcourt, the state capital. Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, who confirmed this during a press briefing, said the four officers involved in the heinous crime have been arrested. Disu said that he read about the incident on social media and swing into action to ensure that the victim was released and the culprits arrested.

It was gathered on Tuesday that some policemen on patrol at the weekend, intercepted one Darlington Bieh around Choba in the Obio/Akpor part of the state and whisked him to an unknown destination. It was learnt that the policemen after intercepting the victim, searched his bags, pockets, and phone, but found nothing incriminating. They thereafter saw some photos indicating that Bieh works in a big hotel.

According to reports, the officers asked the victim to call his family members to send money in millions, threatening to kill him and throw his corpse into the Choba River if the family failed to comply. Bieh, however, called his boss, the owner of the hotel, who quickly alerted a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, who pretended to be the victim’s father, leading to the arrest of the suspects.