Chef Arrested By FCT Police For Masterminding Kidnap Of Boss’s Son

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested a chef, Ulagu Chukwuma Philemon, for masterminding the kidnapping of his boss’s son, Justin Nwakwo.

The 29-year-old chef and his collaborators kidnapped the 12-year-old boy on February 10, 2024 in the FCT, Abuja.

The development was confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, on Sunday.

Adeh said Philemon, the chef to the Nwakwo family, was arrested by officers of the Utako Police Divisional Headquarters, who were following up on investigations to rescue the abducted boy and to arrest the perpetrators.

She said: “Investigations by the police revealed that the principal suspect, who has since confessed to the crime, conspired with one McDonald Arinze, currently at large, to commit the crime.

“The suspects had earlier forcefully obtained a cash sum of three million, nine hundred thousand naira (N3,900,000) as ransom from the victim’s father.

“The arm of the law, however, caught up with the criminals following intensified efforts by the police.

“The boy was rescued unhurt and reunited with his parents.

“The cash sum earlier extorted was equally recovered.

Adeh said while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the suspects at large, the Command’s Commissioner, CP Benneth Igwe, has reiterated his unflinching commitment to ensuring the safety of all in the FCT.

Igwe equally encouraged residents to involve the police in the profiling of their domestic workers, noting the new trend and pattern of kidnapping by domestic workers.

He urged residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.