Baron Ike
Rivers most wanted kidnap kingpin and leader of Greenlander cult group, Honest Diigbara, also known as Boboski was on Saturday arrested by the police in Rivers State, but gave up the ghost shortly, owing to injuries he sustained during a shoot- out with the police.
The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Joseph Mukan told journalists in Port Harcourt that Boboski was the brain behind the recent kidnapping of some policemen attached to the Rivers State Police Command, a soldier and a Lawyer, all who he killed despite collecting ransom.
The CP said Boboski, who hails from Nwidera in Gokana local Government area of River State was also involved in oil theft and several killings in Gokona and Tai areas of Ogoniland, prompting the police to place him on their wanted list. Also, Governor Nyesom Wike recently placed N30 million bounty on his arrest.
According to the police boss, “Boboski was responsible for most of the criminal activities in the state. He was responsible for the
Kidnap of Barrister Emelogu who was killed after collecting ransom, he was also responsible for the killing of a Divisional Crime Officer, Afam Division, SP Moses Egbede, killing of two Policemen at a Federal Highway at Botem as well as the killing of a soldier and a personnel of Civil Defence Corp at Gio pipeline in Ogoni last year, among others.”
The police chief explained that acting on a tip-off, the police with the help of vigilante group stormed the criminal’s hideout in a community in Tai Local government area of the state. The criminal kingpin and his gang opened fire on the police on sighting them, resulting in a shoot-out, which led to the death of some of his men.