Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) in southeast Edo State on Tuesday paraded 10 suspected kidnappers and cultists, including two girls, state director for the service Bakori Tukur told reporters in Benin, the state capital, saying they were involved in various cases of kidnapping in the state.He said one of such incidents was the kidnap of a businessman in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, who allegedly paid 45 million naira ransom to secure his freedom.

Tukur said the two girls, Doris Sebatie and Queen Sunday, were also part of a kidnap gang which allegedly collected 5 million naira from their victim. According to him, the suspects used Doris’ phone to negotiate the ransom, but that the girl (suspect) claimed that her sim card was stolen while she was asleep. Xinhua

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