Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, one of the suspects who were detained in connection with the abduction of a Bayelsa judge, has narrated their involvement in the crime.  ,
Omukoro was allegedly moved to a neighboring state where he was being held in captivity after being abducted on June 21 from an eatery in the Ekeki neighborhood of Yenagoa, the state capital.
Six male suspects, two female suspects, were paraded by security forces in Yenagoa under the direction of Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu, and Adedapo Amao, the state director of the Department of State Services.  ,
According to reports, the DSS, which coordinated the rescue of the victim and the arrest of the abductors, held the suspects in its custody.
During the state executive council meeting, the governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, made it known that no gang leader, besides the gang leader, had been apprehended in the case involving the jurist’s kidnapping on June 21, 2025.
Brodrick, one of the suspects, claimed to be an indigenous member of the Delta State Ozobo community and that he was a member of it.
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He claimed that he was informed of the kidnapping operation by a man he called his boss.
They immediately swung into action when they arrived in Yenagoa and were given uniforms and vehicles for the operation.  ,
Justice Omukoro was relocated to a location in a neighboring state, according to the suspect, after being removed from a restaurant in the Yenagoa area.
He made the claim that the judge was their real target, not them, but rather them.  ,
Broderick claimed that their victim had been relocated right away to their camp and that they had chosen to treat him well after Omukoro revealed to them that he was an Ijaw from the Ekeremor Local Government Area.
He added that the man who was referred to as their general demanded that their victim be held in handcuffs, but that he should be treated with care because he is a fellow Ijaw man.  ,
He continued, “So he (General) called me on June 21 to request that I visit Yenagoa. He also referred to John Uzi as the person who is next to me. And I requested that my younger brother, Kelvin Olu, accompany me to Bayelsa.  ,
We provided uniforms and we brought the vehicle into the movement. We left our camp, and the goal was not a one-time target. Before we arrived at Kilimanjaro, we were just doing our patrol. So we ran into him and took him to our camp from there.
Another suspect, identified as John, claimed he had been contacted but that he had not been in the hospital when the victim was brought in. He added that he was in the camp at the time of the incident.  ,
The arrest of the suspects was a testimony to the security measures put forth by Governor Diri, who, according to the commissioner of police, has always urged security organizations to collaborate to keep the state free of crime and criminal activity.  ,
Idu claimed that the DSS dispatched a special team from Abuja to conduct the operation, which resulted in the arrest of the suspects, including the two female accomplices.  ,
The governor provided the necessary logistics for the operation, according to the police commissioner, who noted how the government’s mounted CCTV cameras throughout the rescue operation and eventual arrest were helpful.  ,  ,
Source: Channels TV
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