Crime News: PH.D Holder in Mech. Eng. & former aide to top politician goes into kidnapping business in Delta State.

Crime News: PH.D Holder in Mech. Eng. & former aide to top politician goes into kidnapping business in Delta State.

WARRI — KELVIN (surname withheld), the most wanted kidnap/robbery kingpin  in Delta State, who hails from Kokori community in Ethiope East Local Government Area has gone into hiding following the manhunt for him by the army and police over the wave of killing of security agents in the state. 

Police declared the suspect, said to possess a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering and a former aide to a top politician in the state, wanted last year, after series of kidnap and armed robbery operations, within and outside the state,  were traced to him, but he remained hard to pin down.

But the kidnap kingpin shocked  security operatives when he pulled a daring mission in Warri, last month, killing a number of prisons officials, as his gang ambushed warders and snatched two of  its men being taken to court for trial.

However, Kelvin, whose gang had allegedly killed many soldiers and police officers in the past, became a principal target when his gang purportedly killed some soldiers, recently. Military authorities have not confirmed the report.

Soldiers laid siege to Kokori and other communities in Ethiope East Local Government Area in search of Kelvin in the past few weeks.

He predicted that Kokori community would not know peace until the people surrender Kelvin to security agents. Kokori chiefs, who had earlier feigned ignorance of the criminal escapades of their son promised to consult elders of the community and act promptly.