A suspected kidnapper, Roland Peter, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for killing and using the liver and intestine of his victim for pepper soup.
Peter, a member of a notorious kidnap gang, 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.
According to the Rivers 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, guns used by the gang were also found in the suspect’s possession.
He further 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.
He 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.”
Giving an update on the escape of Ifeanyi Dike, who allegedly killed an eight-year-old girl, Victory Nmezuwuba, for money ritual, the police boss said a N1m bounty has been placed on his for any person who could give information that would lead to his re-arrest.
According to the CP, the police had discovered, through investigations, that ex-sergeant Johnbosco Okoroeze, carried out a premeditated action that led to the escape of the suspect.
