The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two persons accused of kidnapping and burying alive Praise Daakian, a former Community Development Committee Chairman in Kereken-Boue, Khana Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this on Monday during his first news conference in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The suspects were identified as Baridapdo Igia, 33, and Elvis Gordon, 26.
The Rivers police chief said the suspects collected N200,000 from the victim’s wife as part of the ransom payment before going ahead to bury him alive.