FCT Police Arrest Female Kidnap Gang Leader, Lover, 2 Children, Recover N8.2million Ransom, others

The suspect, Ifeoma Nnamchi, 35, was arrested alongside two of her children, Gabriel Nnamchi, 14, and Stanley Nnamchi, 17, who are also members of the kidnap syndicate.

Also arrested were her lover Peter Rasheed Onwunumah, 40, Olanipekun Anuoluwa, 46, and Jemimah Monday, 25.
They were arrested after they kidnapped a young lady in the Maitama area of the FCT and demanded a ransom of N20million from her family.
Parading the suspects before newsmen at the police command headquarters in Abuja, FCT police commissioner, Ahmed Sanusi, said the suspect, who has been in the business of kidnapping, kept the victim at a remote location in Niger State for five days.
He said that during the period of her captivity, the suspect demanded a whooping N20million ransom from the family of the victim, who paid a total of N8.2million into the account of the victim.

Sanusi said that upon receiving the report of the abduction of the young lady, the police went into action by tracking the telephone number of the victim, which the kidnappers used to communicate with the family and tracked them to Kwan-kwashe Village, a remote settlement in Niger State, where they were arrested.
Before their arrest, the commissioner said that the suspects had already packed their luggage and were preparing to escape.
Briefing newsmen on how the suspects were arrested, the commissioner said, “The suspected kidnappers subsequently contacted the victim’s family and demanded a ransom of Twenty Million Naira (₦20,000,000) for her release.

“Unknown to the suspects, we were already hot on their trail. Our digital tracking revealed that they had taken the victim out of the FCT and kept her in Kwan-kwashe Village, a remote settlement in Niger State.
“The suspects eventually collected a ransom of Eight Million, two hundred and fifty thousand naira (₦8,250,000) from the victim’s family before releasing her on the 3rd of July, 2026.
“This development did not deter us. We remained on the trail of the suspects until the 5th of July, 2026, when our operatives arrested six members of the gang in Suleja area of Niger State, two of whom are children of the gang leader.
“Upon their arrest, the commissioner said the suspects were found to be in possession of the sum of (N8,250,000), being the ransom collected from the victim’s family.
“Two fully tinted operational vehicles, a Toyota Corolla with registration number SMK 559 FV and a Toyota Camry with Reg: No: YAB 712 NH. One sharp cutlass, seven EarPods, several jewelries suspected to belong to their previous victims, five mobile phones and one laptop.”

He further stated, “Further investigations revealed that the gang leader, Ifeoma Nnamchi, and the third accomplice, Olanipekun Anuoluwa, are both repeat offenders who were previously arrested by the FCT Police Command in 2022 and 2019, respectively, for the same offence.
“Despite her previous arrest, both suspects returned to constitute this syndicate, which has been operating along Kubwa Expressway, Maitama Federal Housing Road, and other locations within the FCT since 2024.
“The syndicate revealed that they have carried out several other “one chance” operations which they cannot accurately recall. But in their most recent operations, they have successfully kidnapped and robbed five separate female victims and extorted ransoms amounting to Twelve Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (₦12,800,000).”
The commissioner said suspects and the recovered exhibits remain in police custody and will be taken to court upon the conclusion of investigations.