The Rivers State Police Command have arrested two men, Ikechi Promise and Darlington Obi, for raping and kidnapping a 28-year-old victim.
The culprits, according to The Eagle, specialize in using the social media to lure women who they rape, steal their properties and some times collect ransoms from before freeing them.
The spokesperson of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement she issued on Wednesday.
She said, “Operatives of the c4i Intelligence Unit, on January 6, 2023, around 8.30pm, arrested one Ikechi Promise, 30, and one Darlington Obi, 35.
“Their arrest is linked to their recent operation on December 20, 2022, around 7.45pm, when a 28-year-old lady was lured down to Igwurita Market Junction, kidnapped, and taken to Chokocho Pipeline, where the same kidnapping syndicate raped and collected her two iPhones and a Samsung phone.
“The kidnappers later collected a ransom of N600,000 from her relatives before she was released on December 21, 2022.
“The suspects confessed that their modus operandi was to lure girls out through chats on Tinder for relationships.
“Based on relentless follow-ups, the gang leader of the kidnapping syndicate, Promise Nwaobiri, 32, was tracked and arrested at the Choba area, near Port Harcourt, on January 9, 2023, around 1pm. The search for the fleeing suspects is in top gear.”
