33-year-old, Anthony Egidi, has said he joined kidnapping business in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, out of frustration and had made millions from kidnapping no fewer than seven
persons in Lagos, Benin, and Delta State.
Egidi, who is a native of Delta State and married
with two children, resides at Awoyaya Ibeju, Lekki
Road, said his first operation was “when we
kidnapped a woman in Warri, Delta State on
October 2011 and I got N280,000.
“During the first and second operations, the gang
did not disclose the venue to me. They blindfolded
me because I was new in the team.
“After the second job, we moved to Benin to
kidnap a man. I was given N100,000. I believed it
was a cool business.
“The third operation made me a millionaire,
because I was given N2.8 million.
“I drove the gang in that operation, but I did not
know where they kept the woman. We collected
N9 million in the fourth operation. When we
kidnapped a man in Benin, I was also given N1.5
million.
“We moved to Delta State between Oroku and
Abeh Road, where we kidnapped a man. I was
given N3.5 million.
“After making millions of naira in South-East, we
moved to South-West. Our sixth operation was at
Eleko Junction, Ajah in June. We collected N1.6
million ransom from the person and I was given
300,000.
“The seventh operation was when we kidnapped a
Keystone Bank worker on her way home. We were
seven when we attacked her.
“We took her to a bush, where she spent six
days. We did not rape her. We gave her
everything she requested for and we usually buy
her food from Mr. Biggs and some other places.
“We told her family to pay N6 million. Even the
woman was ready to give us N10 million.
“One of our guys was arrested when he went to
collect the money. When police arrived, we
exchanged fire with them and lost two members.
“I used the money to buy a car, four plots of land
in Benin, one plot in Lagos and opened a
supermarket for my wife.
“My wife believed I was a welder. She only got to
know what I do when I was arrested.”
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