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A record photograph of a kidnapped unfortunate with hands tied
The Ghana Police Service has alleged that an worker of a starring telecommunications institution successful the state provided their authoritative login credentials to 1 of the suspects arrested successful transportation with the kidnapping of 2 Ghanaian women successful Nigeria.
According to the police, the employee, identified arsenic Abdul Mubarak Zakaria, besides forwarded a One-Time Password (OTP), utilized for two-factor authentication, to the suspect, Titus Mba Awuni, a mobile wealth relation based successful Bolgatanga.
This, the constabulary said, enabled the fishy to summation unauthorised entree to the telecommunications company’s SIM registration exertion wherever they allegedly registered SIM cards utilizing the Ghana Cards of unsuspecting individuals.
These illegally registered SIMs were past sold for GH¢150 each.
“After the interrogation of the suspects, it came to airy that fishy Titus Mba Awuni, who is simply a mobile wealth cause successful Bolgatanga, had links with 1 Abdul Mubarak Zakaria, an worker of 1 of the telecommunications companies who has allegedly fixed him his authoritative login credentials and besides forwards a one-time PIN for 2 origin verification to him which helium uses to log into the SIM registration app of the telecom institution to registry subscriber SIM cards with different people's Ghana paper details without their consent and merchantability SIM astatine GH¢150 each,” the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), DCOP Lydia Donkor, said astatine a property briefing connected May 6, 2025.
The constabulary further indicated that this accusation came to airy during extended investigations pursuing a connection by different arrested suspect, Alfred Amalbio, who revealed that his Ghana paper details arsenic good arsenic those of his member had been utilized — without their cognition — to registry SIM cards that were aboriginal sold to the Nigerian suspects.
“Police commenced a manhunt for persons successful possession of immoderate telephone numbers which had featured successful the probe and registered successful the names of Bukhari Danladi, Amalbio Alfred Alimatu Salifu and Mahama Mahase Nimate. On 29th April 2025, constabulary arrested fishy Alfred Amalbio who recounted that helium was not straight progressive successful the transgression but mentioned 1 Titus Mba Awuni who had utilized his Ghana paper details and that of his brother, Akolbia Sunday, to registry their SIM cards and sold them retired to the Nigerians without their consent,” the constabulary said.
DCOP Donkor further said; “On 1st May 2025, the Akwa East Regional Police Intelligence Department arrested 4 suspects, namely Christian Emeka, 27, Basil Okonkwo, 29, some Nigerians, Titus Mba Awuni, 25 and Amalbio Alfred, 21, some Ghanaians astatine Bolgatanga and escorted them to the CID Headquarters for further investigation. On 2nd May 2025, unit from the Headquarters Police Intelligence Department arrested fishy Mahama Mahase Nimate, 33, astatine Teshie.
"Three suspects, namely Peter Okoye, aged 31, Paulinus Chidokwe, aged 35, and Chinonso Okafor, aged 35, were arrested successful Port Harcourt, Onitsha, Nigeria, and the victims rescued from them. At this time, steps person been taken to person the victims from the Nigeria Police Force.”
Meanwhile, the victims, the constabulary added, person been rescued and are presently successful the custody of Nigerian authorities, awaiting proscription backmost to Ghana to assistance with the ongoing investigations.
The victims were reportedly lured by the kidnappers done Facebook accounts wherever the suspects posed arsenic White men and deceived the unsuspecting women with mendacious matrimony proposals.
“Suspects Peter Okoye and Christian Emeka, some Nigerians, indicated to constabulary that they were successful Ghana successful the twelvemonth 2019 to enactment with QNET. They near Ghana for Nigeria successful 2020 but Christian Emeka returned to Ghana successful June 2024. Peter Okoye, Christian Emeka and Basil Okonkwo are each Nigerians and were into romance scams some successful Ghana and successful Nigeria. They run done their Facebook and different societal media handles,” DCOP Donkor said.
She expounded that “these suspects met the 2 victims: Anastasia Baidoo and Evelyn Serwaa Konadu, done their Facebook accounts. Suspects posed arsenic White men who wanted to wed the victims. The 2 unsuspecting victims became convinced and accepted the matrimony proposals. The suspects past lured them to Nigeria and the victims travelled separately but ended up astatine the aforesaid determination connected the aforesaid time connected the 22nd of April 2025. On reaching the determination successful Nigeria astatine Port Harcourt, Onitsha, Peter Okoye and his 2 accomplices kidnapped them.”
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