Key Highlights
- In a statement shared on X, the Imo State Police Command said their investigation was launched after reports of a worrying spate of kidnappings near a hotel and mortuary in Ngor Okpala. According to police, intelligence-led investigations went on to identify a man called High Chief Stanley Oparaugo, also known as "Morocco," as the suspected leader of the criminal network and who is now on the run and wanted, per reports.
- 52 CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA KIDNAPPED BY GUNMEN IN LATEST ATTACK: REPORT A man described as High Chief Stanley Oparaugo from the Jessy Best Hotel is now wanted.
- Oparaugo is alleged to own Jessy Best Hotel in Ihitte Okwe and the nearby mortuary known as Ugwudi.
- Police said victims were said to have been lured into the hotel before being robbed and abducted, with families also forced to pay ransom.
- Authorities said some people who paid never saw their loved ones again.
