THREE Nigerians have been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police for allegedly kidnapping a South Korean in Accra.
The three suspects, currently in police custody, demanded a ransom of GH¢200,000 from the victim, whose name was given as Park Don Man.
They were arrested at their hideout at the Buduburam Camp upon a tip-off after the victim had managed to escape through a window on February 20, 2009.
The kidnappers have been identified as Peter Ogbolu, 16, Johnbull Agu, 26, and Kenneth Uku, 22.
The Director-General of the CID, DCOP Frank Adu-Poku, who briefed a a section of the media yesterday on the issue, said the victim, who had been in the country for the past four years and was lodging at the Golden Tulip Hotel, received a telephone call from one Mustapha, a Nigerian, who is on the run.
He said Mustapha asked the victim to meet him for an undisclosed business deal at Lapaz and the victim met him there with nine others.
DCOP Adu-Poku explained that the victim was taken to the Buduburam Camp, where his captors locked him up in a room for two weeks until his escape.
According to him, to coerce the victim to pay the ransom, one of his fingers was chopped off with a glass cutter.
DCOP Adu-Poku warned perpetrators of such acts not to take Ghana’s hospitality for granted but conduct themselves in ways that would not bring disrepute to themselves and their countries.
He gave the assurance that the police would painstakingly investigate the matter, after which the suspects would be arraigned, adding that efforts were being made to capture Mustapha and his accomplices.
Caption: From left to right: Kenneth Uku, 22; Johnbull Agu, 26, and Peter Ogbolu, 16.
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