Okpaka brought the revelation to light during interrogation after he and his colleagues were apprehended by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector-General of Police.
A former driver at Zenith Bank, Owes Okpaka, has revealedm how he got ransom in dollars after staging the abduction of his boss and two other managers at the bank.
Okpaka brought the revelation to light during interrogation after he and his colleagues were apprehended by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector-General of Police.
Those arrested alongside Okpaka were identified as Lawrence Kevwe Egagah, Victor Dominic, Usobotie Sylvester and Alex Okounu.
The gang confessed to receiving the sum of N50 million as ransom in the three abductions, saying they shared the money among the five gang members.
Speaking on how he plotted the abduction, the driver said: “I graduated from Oghara Polytechnic, Delta State. I was working in the Zenith Bank, Ogonu branch as a driver, but I resigned from the job in January 2021. I was arrested because I masterminded the kidnapping of three management staff members of the bank.
“I masterminded the abduction of three staff members of Zenith Bank. The first person kidnapped is Daniel. I was the person who monitored his movements and I gave out his location to my gang members. Daniel is the Zenith Bank branch manager in Warri. We kidnapped him sometime in October 2020.
“He was in our custody for one week. I don’t know who negotiated the ransom. I don’t also know the actual amount paid as ransom but the ransom was paid in dollars and my share was given to me in dollars. When I converted it to naira, it was N2.5 million. The second kidnapping was that of a woman, Mrs Zowa a staff member of Zenith Bank, Ogonu Branch, Warri.
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