The Police Command in Benue on Thursday paraded four fake Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and 11 other suspects over alleged kidnapping, rape, armed robbery, child trafficking, and illegal arms manufacturing. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mukaddas Garba told newsmen in Makurdi that the faked Naval officers arrested were, Stephen Oguniran, Daniel Igiho, Ada Ngbede and Ada Ofugocho.
Garba disclosed that the fake officers were arrested on July 31 at an illegal check point they mounted at Okenyi, Okpoga Road and were extorting money from motorists.
He also said one Terna Taga 18, was arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl.
He said further investigation led to the arrest of illegal arms manufacturers Terhembafan Sevav and Vishi Avav.
The commissioner said that the
command also arrested one Daniel Achogwu for alleged child trafficking. He said
Achogwu, a resident of Otukpo town, took a pregnant girl to Aba, Abia State,
where she was delivered of a child that he later sold to an unknown person.
