The state Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Taiwo Lakanuwas who paraded Chukwudi and his syndicate, one Joseph Chiaotu, otherwise known as Ejima, 21, Anozie Chinonso, otherwise known as Chiboy, 25 and Chukwuma Agim, a 27-year-old jail official, said examinations were progressing.
Admitting before columnists at the Command home office in Owerri on Saturday, Chukwudi said, " I was concentrating on Mechanical Engineering at Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State before I dropped out in my last year.
"What drove me into grabbing was sad. My better half is pregnant and I have been under weight to pay her dowry yet I had no cash. She let me know that since she got to be pregnant her mom had been shunned by her kindred ladies in their town. The weight was an excessive amount of that I expected to search for cash definitely," Chukwudi said.
Talking on how he went over alternate suspects, the 29-year-old clarified, "When the weight got to be deplorable, I reached two of my companions; Nnamdi, who is presently in jail, and Chiboy, who later acquainted me with Agim for the exchange.
"Agim, being a jail authority, was the one clearing a path for us at whatever point we drew nearer a police check point however our first operation was not effective on the grounds that the individual we focused on got away, but rather on the second operation, my companion ran with a policeman and they seized the lady.
"I was given N100, 000 as my offer for my contribution in the arrangement and for taking nourishment to the casualty in the shrubbery," Chukwudi admitted.
"Chiboy let me know that he got just N1.1m from the lady yet when we were captured, the lady let us know she paid N3m as payoff. The minute I got my own offer, I gave my better half piece of it to begin the arrangement (for the wedding) while I went to the business sector to purchase drinks. That was the point at which I got a call from Agim and when I met him I was captured."
The other suspect, Agim, a jail official from Imo State, said he was attracted into the exchange by a prisoner, Nnamdi.
Agim told columnists that despite the fact that he could purchase garments, settle his obligations and fix his auto with his N100, 000 offer in the payment paid by the casualty's family, he laments his association in the demonstration.
He said, "I was in my last year understudy in Imo State University where I was examining Insurance. I was procuring N43, 000 month to month as a jail authority and I was even appreciative in light of the fact that I didn't join the Service with a first degree.
"When I desired modern connection a year ago, our boss corrections officer let us know that there was a famous hijacker called Vampire who was captured and would be conveyed to Owerri Prison."
He reviewed that when he was presented on the Owerri jail, his mom, who was likewise serving in the jail, cautioned him to be careful about one detainee, named Vampire and his companions so as not to cause harm. He kept up that he was hesitant when Nnamdi drew closer him however that he later found the offer alluring.
"Early this year I met Nnamdi who was in the same cell with Vampire. Nnamdi initially requesting that I get him a telephone and he offered me N3, 000 however I won't. Along these lines, he met another officer who got him the telephone. They continued pressurizing me that they needed us to be companions.
"So one day, we sat behind the nourishment store and they let me know a few stories about their adventure in hijacking and I thought that it was alluring. They let me know they were rich individuals and they used to visit a few mainstream bars in real towns in the South East and South states and that when they watch rich individuals leaving the bar, they follow them and capture them.
"Toward the end of the discussion, they gave me a number and with that contact, I could interface different individuals, including Chiboy, otherwise known as Eze Ekudeley, Ejima and Chukwudi.
"We used to work with a policeman and on the day we went to pick our casualty, she wasn't the principle the objective however she was followed to her home where she was picked.
"It was Nnamdi who called me to and take care of the lady in the shrubbery. I acquired cash from a companion and utilized it to purchase sustenance for the lady. I gave the sustenance to Uzordima to provide for the lady. I learnt the lady stayed for two days. I was given N100, 000 after the N1.1m payment was gathered. I purchased garments, settled my obligation and altered my auto.
"I was captured couple of days after the operation. It was Ejima who drove them to me. I lament getting myself into this chaos he regretted," Agim included.
Ejima, on his part, said his offer of the payment was N70, 000, out of which he utilized N10, 000 to purchase shoes and garments.
He said, "I don't know how the police found out about what I did; they came after me and captured me. I drove the police to capture the jail official and four different individuals from the posse, however we were not able capture Chiboy. He saw the vicinity of the police and he endeavored to get away. He kept running into the transport and the police discharged a few shots at him however he wasn't hit."
In the mean time, Chinonso, additionally an indigene of Imo State, said destitution drove him into hijacking.
"All I was searching for was a minimal expenditure to purchase a transport on contract buy on the grounds that the one I had got spoilt. I met Ejima as of late and I let him know I required help since I had no employment. He guaranteed he would help me.
"It was neediness that drove me into this wrongdoing. I am an exceptionally destitute individual battling for myself and my crew. I have nobody helping me and my mom is an extremely old lady. I supplicate this lady (the casualty) and her family would pardon me.
He clarified that he partook in the seize and that his offer was N100,000 however that he was captured when he was about contracting a transport.
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