Nine Arrested Over Sylvanus Abduction...

Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) and the police have arrested a dismissed riot policeman, Ndidi Cletus, 30, and eight other suspects for kidnapping a Nollywood actress and aide to Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, Ms. Nkiruka Sylvanus, in December 2012.

The security agencies said the suspects who belonged to a notorious gang of kidnappers terrorised Imo State.

Cletus and others arrested in connection with the crime— Stanley Asonna; Aminu Musa (aka Boski); Mohammed Abubakar; Obinna Okwuolisa; Samson Onwuka (aka VIP) — were paraded at the SSS headquarters in Abuja yesterday while three others—Okoro Bassey, Chijoke Chima and Festus Ologeme— were in police custody.

Deputy Director, Public Relations and Media, SSS, Mrs. Marilyn Ogar, who paraded the suspects at a joint news conference with the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, explained that Cletus confessed that he enlisted in the police as a constable in 2004 under the name, Mathew Ofurum.