Determined to curb serial kidnappings and other violent crimes along the Owerri–Aba expressway in Imo state, a high-powered team led by the Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, over the weekend inspected suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in Umuhu Autonomous Community in Ngor-Okpala LGA, following credible intelligence on notorious suspected kidnapper, Stanley Morocco Oparaugo, who is currently at large.
The Command’s spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, in a press statement, disclosed that a team which included the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Chioma Egu; Chief Pathologist, Imo State Specialist Hospital, Dr. Ibeaja Okechukwu; members of the Ngor Okpala Vigilante Group, led by Mr. Henry Ikpe; and the Chairman of Ngor Okpala LGA, Hon. Mrs. Chika Ibekwe, was constituted.
He said that a hotel and a private mortuary owned by the suspect, which had been under surveillance for allegedly being used by kidnappers and violent criminals, were inspected.
“At the mortuary, decomposed and mutilated corpses were discovered in unhygienic conditions, raising suspicions of illegal organ-harvesting activities.
“Following these discoveries, both the hotel and mortuary were sealed up on the directive of the state government.
“The suspect’s residence was also searched, and crucial exhibits recovered therefrom.
“Forensic experts also documented and secured evidence.
“The Commissioner of Police assured the public that all accomplices would be identified and brought to justice.”
Okoye also disclosed that Stanley Morocco Oparaugo had been declared wanted and that anybody with useful information on his whereabouts should contact the nearest police station with useful information.
