Wanted kidnap kingpin, Gana’s gang led by woman arrested in Benue

Police in Benue state has busted two kidnap syndicate of eight in Makurdi and Katsina-Ala including

a gang of four allegedly led by a woman believed to be an associate of the wanted militant leader,

Terwase Agwaza, also known as Gana. Also arrested in the operation were three women whose

responsibilities were to provide food for the kidnapped victims. The development followed the

assenting of the anti-kidnapping bill by Governor Samuel Ortom which prescribed death penalty for

offenders. While Parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Makurdi yesterday, the

state’s Police Commissioner, Bashir Makama, said the businessman was kidnapped alongside his son.

He said the son was later released to source N20 million as ransom for his father. Billionaire

According to the CP, “We tracked them from intercepts; that case gave us sleepless nights, but we got

them in their hideout after a gun battle at Abaji in Katsina/Ala and the notorious criminal, Bem Uga,

alias Jugas Jnr , and one Oraondo, alias Bishop , were also nabbed without any ransom paid for the

releases of the victim, who was rescued alive. “During investigations, we discovered that the lady,

who was arrested had the responsibility of pencilling down those to be kidnapped and those to be

killed by the gang. “They are all associates of Gana, the wanted militant leader. Among them is the

driver of Gana’s wife, Queen. They are all giving us useful information. What late Admiral Akhigbe

told me about M.K.O Abiola’s death – Senator Adefuye “Also arrested, after reliable information, is

one Victor Ayanngor, who conspired with Ordue Abraham, Kelvin Dankor and Emmanuel Terver to

kidnap his girlfriend and collect N200,000 ransom.”