A suspected cannibal and member of a kidnap gang, Roland
Peter, has been arrested by the police in Rivers State for killing, beheading
and using liver and intestines of his victim to prepare pepper soup.
The suspect was said to be among the kidnappers that
abducted, killed and beheaded one Pastor Samuel Okpara from Edoha in the Ahoada
East Local Government Area of the state on August 15, 2017.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zaki Ahmed, who
paraded Peter and 22 other suspects at the state police command headquarters in
Port Harcourt on Monday, explained that guns used by the gang were also in the
suspect’s possession.
He stated that the kidnap gang, including its leader,
identified simply as Justus aka High Tension, had been terrorising some parts
of the Ahoada East LGA.
Ahmed said, “The command, in continuation of its
onslaught against kidnapping, arrested one Roland Peter, a member of a
notorious gang that kidnapped Pastor Samuel Okpara from the Edoha Ahoada East
LGA in Rivers State.
“Pastor Okpara was kidnapped, killed and beheaded. His
liver and intestines were used to prepare pepper soup and plantain pottage. The
suspect was arrested while preparing the meal for his gang. He is helping the
police in their investigation.”
Also arrested was one Mohammed Umar, who had reportedly
been parading himself as an official of the Nigerian Air Force, defrauding
unsuspecting members of the public.
Umar said that he decided to sew a NAF
uniform in order to have an easy passage on the highway.
The state CP, however, said various arms and ammunition
were recovered from the 22 paraded suspects, adding that they would be charged
to court.
On the escape of Ifeanyi Dike, who allegedly killed an
eight-year-old girl, Victory Nmezuwuba, for money ritual, Ahmed announced a N1m
bounty for any person who could give information that would lead to his
re-arrest.
The CP noted that the police had discovered, through
investigations, that ex-sergeant Johnbosco Okoroeze, carried out a premeditated
action that led to the escape of the suspect.
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