NOTORIETY ABUJA CRIMINAL RECOUNTS ARREST INCIDENT: “I’M NOT A KIDNAPPER”

Babatunji Wusu –

Chinaza Philip-Okoye, a suspected renowned criminal from Abuja, has refuted allegations that he is a kidnapper.
Chinaza said this on Wednesday at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command during a parade of criminal offenders.

Remember that Philip-Okoye was paraded by the Nigeria Police Force on a stretcher at the Force Intelligence Response Team base in Guzape, Abuja, last Saturday?

The guy was shot by police late Thursday night after his group was intercepted at a gas station; he reportedly suffered serious injuries.

Chinaza maintains in an interview with journalists that he is an armed robber who targets cars to steal and resell in Kano state.

Narrating the incident that led to his arrest and connection with other members of the gang who are still at large, the suspect said, “I want to categorically state that I’m not a kidnapper, I am not a kidnapper. We only patrol at night and collect cars, and we take them to Kano for sale.

“That night, our aim was to rob the man and take his car, but I was surprised that after we collected his car, Yellow, who is like our leader, asked the man to enter the back of the car. I didn’t know why he did that, and I couldn’t argue with him, so we were driving to Kano before the police caught up with us in Kaduna where I was arrested.”

According to a senior police source who spoke with PUNCH, all police formations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the neighboring states of Kaduna, Nasarawa, Niger, and Kogi were alerted to Segun Akinyemi’s kidnapping when the kidnappers drove through Rita Lori, Garki, and Abuja on Thursday night.

“So, FCT anti-kidnapping operatives chased them into Kaduna State before other gang members fled, and Chinaza Phillip-Okoye was shot at and apprehended by a team of FCT policemen and Kaduna State police officers, and the victim was rescued unhurt and his vehicle recovered.”