Notorious Ebonyi kidnapper arrested for murder of 60 year old woman says it was masterminded by politician

 A notorious kidnapper arrested in connection with the murder of the 60-year-old mother of a rich Abuja-based industrialist,has fingered a politician in Ishiagu as the mastermind of the kidnap and eventual murder.

The suspect identified as Ogonna Alioka, popularly known as Pilot, was arrested in Ebonyi State on Tuesday August 8, over the abduction and killing of Mrs. Catherine Okorie Chukwu, an indigene of Ishiagu community in Ivo local council of Ebonyi State.

On January 18, 2017 abducted at her residence, later killed and buried by her assailants in a shallow grave located in a forest bordering Lokpanta in Umunneochi and Awgu local councils of Abia and Enugu states, for recognizing one of the kidnappers.

Speaking to reporters at the State Police Command, Alioka confessed to the crimes, adding that the woman was killed while fleeing from them in the bush.