Two Lovers In Police Net For Kidnapping A Priest

Two lovers, an unemployed industrial chemistry graduate and a divorcee saleswoman have been arrested by the police in Enugu for kidnapping a priest. The duo, Chibuzor Egu and Loveth Okenwa were said to have lured the priest to their house at Umuchu Street, Idaw River area of Enugu and stripped him naked.

They took nude photographs of the priest and thereafter demanded a ransom of N1m from him or have the pictures published in newspapers. The priest, identified as Kingsley Amakor from Ugbene in Abakpa Enugu is said to be a relation of Loveth.

According Enugu Police spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, the priest had, on the invitation, gone to visit Loveth at her shop situated at no 32/34 Oliver Agbo Street, off Meniru Awkunanaw, Enugu. On getting to the said shop, he was taken to the house where Loveth was living with Chibuzor with a view to acquainting him with her place of abode. But unknown to the priest, “ Chibuzor had arranged with Loveth, believed to be his girlfriend to lure the priest to their room in order that he could be stripped and picture of his nakedness taken.” Following blackmail and intimidation for the priest to pay the ransom or risk his photograph being published in the papers, the case was reported to the Anti-kidnapping unit of the command. The suspects were rounded up and arrested. Recovered from the suspects were copies of the nude photographs. The police said full scale investigations into matter would be launched