Police arrest 3 Facebook scammers, rapists in Delta

The Delta State Police Command says its operatives have arrested three suspected Facebook scammers, kidnappers, and rapists in the state.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this via a statement issued on Wednesday.

Edafe said the suspects were nabbed on Monday by police officers attached to Ufuoma Police Division in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

He said the arrest followed a complaint from a lady (name withheld) that she saw one of the hoodlums that kidnapped her on December 11, 2022.

Edafe stated that the victim complained that the suspects held her hostage at a hotel in Iwherekpokpor, Ughelli North, video and took her nude pictures.

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The police spokesperson said the victim reported that the Facebook scammers used the video and nude pictures to blackmail and demand for ransom from her parents.

“On receipt of this complaint, the DPO Ufuoma Police Division immediately detailed a combined team of Police detectives and Ekiugbo Community vigilante members and arrested one Cornelius Emene.

“During preliminary investigation, the suspect made useful statement that led to the arrest of two others, Nelson Aghogho and Ufuoma Tunde.

“The suspects also gave account of how they kidnapped another student of the School of Health and Technology, Ofuoma in Ughelli North,” he said.

Edafe said the modus operandi of the syndicate was to lure unsuspecting young girls on facebook, took them to a hotel, drug, and gang-raped them.

He added that the suspects thereafter held them hostage and demanded ransom from their parents to secure their release.

The police spokesman noted that the suspects’ phones contained numerous nude photos and video recordings of their previous victims which they used to blackmail the victims and their parents.

Edafe said an investigation into the matter was ongoing.

The Star