A Lagos-based South-easterner, Chukwudi Solomon who specializes in kidnapping wealthy people and ripping them of heavy ransoms has met his waterloo.
The suspect, Chukwudi Solomon
A notorious kidnap kingpin, popularly called King Solomon, alleged to have been responsible for the abduction of several residents of Festac Town in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos and environs,
has been arrested by police in Lagos.
One of his victims, as gathered, included the female Customs Officer attached to Tin Can Command SDV, a bonded terminal of the Nigeria Customs Service, who was abducted in the presence of her two daughters at an eatery on 22 Road, Festac Town, last December.
Some of the weapons recovered from him
Other victims include a pastor of a Pentecostal Church in Festac, identified simply as Pastor Nwachukwu, and two traders at Trade Fair.
The suspect, whose real name is Chukwudi Solomon, used his apartment on 46 Canal View Road as a den, where abducted victims were kept.
He is currently singing like a bird at the police station as efforts are being made by security operatives to arrest other members of his crime syndicate.