Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have recovered 13 buildings, 10 cars, two tippers, a trailer truck and three AK-47 rifles from a notorious kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, who is popularly known as E-Money.
It was
gathered that E-Money, a dismissed policeman that had been terrorising
Imo, Abia, Enugu and Rivers states, was killed during a gunfight with
the Police from Imo State Police Command in Owerri last year, where he
had gone to kidnap a businessman.
Police
He was said to have
acquired several property with proceeds from his exploits in kidnapping
and robbery in the South-East and South-South states.
Police
sources disclosed that E-Money, who coordinated several kidnapping and
robbery gangs in Imo State and environs, met his Waterloo after he
kidnapped a South Africa-based businessman.
A source at the IRT
disclosed to Vanguard that in ensuring that the suspect paid for his
crime, IRT trace his property to Enugu, Abia and Imo states.
A
source, who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, said: “Four
of his buildings, including a hotel, was recovered in Enugu State.
Seven were traced to Owerri and Okigwe areas of Imo State, while one was
traced to Aba, Abia State.
The source added that seven cars, two
SUVs, one Hilux truck, a commercial bus, two tipper-lorries and a
trailer truck were equally recovered at several locations within the
South-East.
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