How Alleged Isoko Kidnap Kingpin died in police custody

Arrested alleged Isoko notorious kidnap kingpin, Anthony Ogbalor, AKA Dracula, has died in police custody in Asaba, Delta state capital following severe tortures from the police, reliable sources has disclosed.

Immirroronline findings revealed that Ogbalor was arrested in Warri alongside members of his gang in a snatched navy blue Toyota Corolla car with reg. no EPE 874 DQ, in December, 2017 by operatives of the Nigerian police, Delta state command has been described as a notorious kidnap kingpin deadlier notorious kidnap gang leader which was widely reported by print and social media

It was reliably gathered that until his death, Mr. Ogbalor was subjected to severe tortures at the police command in a bid to extract information concerning his alleged operations and it was alleged to have fallen sick and when rushed to the hospital he eventually gave up the ghost. It would be recalled that while parading the alleged kidnap kingpin and his gang members, the then commissioner of police, Zanna Ibrahim said Mr. Ogbalor was on police watch list before his arrest.

Anthony Ogbalor, alias (Dracula)

According to the former CP, "Dracula, Henry Kessena, Kosin Henry, aka Capon, and Kenneth Onome, waylaid and whisked Pastor Frank Otomi and Mrs. Mofe Otomi, to an unknown detention camp at Delta Steel Company, DSC, Roundabout, Warri, on June 23, 2017, while they were driving in a Hyundai SUV.

“On December 23, 2017, operatives of ‘B’ Division, Warri, led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Aniete Eyo, arrested one Henry Kesena. His arrest and confession led to the arrest of the other suspects, who equally confessed to the crime and their involvement in several kidnap incidents, including the murder of the late Police Area Commander, Ughelli, ACP Usman Ndanbobo.”

The former CP Mr. Ibrahim has said that Dracula, who hails from Iyede in Isoko north local government area had earlier been arrested and charged to court over murder in a communal crisis in Isoko area of the state, noted that the suspect was released by the court under suspicious circumstances, hence he had complained to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General of the state over the shocking release and was waiting to get more information on the development when he was re-arrested in December 2017.

When contacted the state Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Mr. Andrew Aniamaka who confirmed the dead of Mr. Ogbalor swiftly added that "He did not die in police custody, but he was sick and was taken to the hospital where he died." Ogbalor died on Wednesday January 17-2018.