Okafor popularly renowned as Igwe did not only drop afoul of the regulation as a kidnapper, he also messed up the temple of God by holding his victims in a place of worship and distributing his loot with the pastor.
Once on a mission to collect N5 million ransom from the family of victim in Asaba, Delta State, he was rounded up by crack policemen and locked up in a cell.
Okafor, although, got away through the window of the cell to continue his bad trade until the hardworking constituents of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Anambra ended his reign of terror.
The kidnap kingpin spoke with Sunday Sun: “I graduated from Unizik in 2006 and I studied Mathematics. I did my NYSC in Abuja and I served in NNPC at Berger. After graduation I was going to Ghana to purchase clothes to sell in Lagos State.
“I am now engaged completely in kidnapping where I make quick cash. When I kidnapped I used to take my victims to my place of worship in Awkuzu where the General Overseer, Pastor Nwaezeagu habitually assembles the victims from us and at the end, we would give him his own share. We determined to connect the place of worship so that the members would not suppose us that we were keeping some victims we kidnapped inside the church.”
“I was the one who was engaged in the kidnapping of the traditional prime minister in Enugu-Ukwu and we assembled N50 million from the casualty before we issued him and I provided Pastor Nwaezeagu his 20 per cent share on that day.
“I kidnapped another woman in Awka and collected N30 million from the family of casualty and kept her in the place of worship and, after the family paid the ransom, I issued the suppose and I provided Pastor Nwaezeagu the sum of N200,000.”
Okafor who hails from Anambra West localized Government locality proceeded: “Myself and my gang kidnapped one casualty, head John Uchachuwu at Asaba and we demanded the sum of N5 million. The family of the victim called me to come and take the money at Asaba. When I got to Asaba I collected the N5 million but the policemen from the anti-kidnap arrested me and they took me to Delta State and put me interior their cell.”
He said that he got away through the toilet of the cell and rapidly moved to Anambra State to continue his kidnapping job.
“I was arrested in Onitsha market by the men of SARS and I have confessed to them about my involvement in kidnapping,” he said.
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Ballah Nasarawa notified Sunday Sun that the suppose had been announced liked by Anambra State policeman Command before he was finally apprehended on September 2, 2013 in Onitsha.
The police commissioner said Okafor was the identical suppose that the Delta State policeman Command announced wanted after he escaping from the cell through the lavatory in 2013.
He asserted that the suspect had kept some victims he kidnapped in the place of worship in which he was a member and which he utilised as a hideout.
CP Nasarawa added that, in addition to the kidnap examples that Okafor gave, the suppose was furthermore behind the abduction of the head person of Association of Electronics Dealers in Nnewi and assembled N30 million that he distributed amidst his gang members and released the casualty from the place of worship in which he was kept.
furthermore commenting about Okafor, Delta State Commissioner of Police, Ikechukwu Aduba notified Sunday Sun that the infamous kidnapper had with his gang kidnapped one Chief John Uchachuwu in Asaba and they claimed N5 million as ransom and the police performed along as they negotiated ransom fee. He was told to arrive and assemble the cash in Asaba. It was in the method of assembling the ransom that he was apprehended.
“Also we had to release the victim, head Uchachuwu while the suppose, Okafor came to Asaba to collect the ransom of N5million. What alarmed me was that the infamous kidnapper, Okafor got away from the cell in our custody regardless of the fact that he has wound on his legs. The policemen involved were one ASP, one Inspector and one Corporal. I had to detain them in my custody.
“I have in writing to my AIG in ascribe of Zone 5, Benin who appreciated that activity had been taken. They will definitely face the melodies. How can a notorious kidnapper get away from their custody?” he queried.
CP Aduba added that subsequent the information got to him that the SARS in Anambra had re-arrested the kidnapper and I dispatched my agents to Anambra State policeman Command and they glimpsed him.
“There was a time we traced Okafor to Niger Republic and Ghana and he got away. We couldn’t take over the case from Anambra State policeman order because he did a alallotmentment more of kidnapping in Anambra State than Delta State and he has more inquiries to answer in Anambra State policeman order and they should extend their investigation,” he asserted.
The Anambra policeman boss guaranteed that the suspect would shortly be charged to court after enquiry had been resolved.