24 Hours After Kelvin’s Arrest: Uneasy Calm In Kokori

[Shola Sholaz]

THERE was nervous serenity in Kokori, the country home of the most wanted kidnapper/armed robbery kingpin in DeltaState, Kelvin Oniarah, 24 hours after he was arrested, Wednesday, at a hotel in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, where he was taking cover with his comrades-in-arms.
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The news of his arrest had not reached the troubled community as at 10.47 am on Wednesday, September 25, when Vanguard reporters visited the community, but there was trepidation everywhere. It was visibly etched on the faces of the people.
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Vanguard got the news of Kelvin's arrest at about 5.00 am, two hours after he was nabbed in Port-Harcourt. A top security official in DeltaState, who did not want to be quoted confided to one of our crack reporters. DeltaState Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, was immediately contacted, but he said, "That is what I am hearing but I do not have the details."
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From his speech, it was overt the arrest was not done in the state, but a police officer claimed the arrest was made by the police in Rivers state, which was later found to be false. Our reporters in Port Harcourt drew a dead end from the police in Rivers state, as senior officers contacted said they knew nothing about the arrest.

[Folami David]

Whoever commits hefty crimes in Nigeria must be fully prepared to face the wrath of the law!
His time has come....