Two suspected kidnappers arrested in Lagos

Lagos - Two suspected kidnappers were on
Thursday arraigned in an Ijede Magistrates’
Court, Lagos, charged with conspiracy to
commit violence and kidnap.
The duo, Chukwudi Nwokpo, 23 and Ebere
Ezekwere, 25, of no fixed address, are facing
two-count charge of threatening to cause
violence and kidnapping.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Friday Ekundayo, told the
court that the accused committed the offences
at Igbo Eluku Quarters at Imota in Ikorodu
Magisterial District, Lagos, on November 1.
"The two of you conspired to commit felony by
threatening to inflict injury and cause violence
on the complainant's children if he did not
give you four million naira.
"You also threatened to kidnap James Nwokpo's
two children, unless he gives you the four
million naira’’, he said.
The prosecutor said Chukwudi was a relation of
the complainant, Nwokpo.