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Bizzare: How I lured business partners to my house, killed and dumped them in soak-away pit — Anthony confess
Anthony’s neighbours were shocked when he recently led a detachment of policemen to his well-built house situated at Umuebule 1 Community, Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. The house is a flat of about four bedrooms surrounded by a high fence. In fact, the fence, which is secured with a gate, made it impossible for neighbours to know what went on in Anthony’s compound. Little wonder nobody around suspected Anthony and his bloody enterprise.
Within the compound is a pit dug very close to the fence and covered with columns of concrete. Innocent people who entered his compound thought it was a mere soak away pit. Only Anthony knew that the pit was not meant for sewage alone but also served as a burial ground for victims of his illicit trade.
During interrogation, Anthony admitted luring his victims to his house under the guise of buying their goods or selling his to them. He would make his victims feel at home in his living room after offering them a special seat. He would even offer them drinks. But in the process, he would go behind them, hold their necks in his hands and twist them.
After confirming that they were dead, Anthony said he would drag them to his well-secured compound and throw them into the pit. Though he said he lived with his wife and about four children, it was discovered that the wife fled the compound before nemesis caught up with him while two of his grown children were no longer living with him.
Anthony said he started the business of kidnapping and killing in February this year, adding that he had so far killed four of his business partners. He said three of his victims were Togolese while one came from Aba in Abia State.
He said: “I sell shoes. I get my victims by luring them to bring shoes to my house. When they bring them, I tell them to sit down. When they had sat down, I would go behind them and strangle them to death. I have been doing this for a while.
“I collect their shoes when I kill them. I also collect their money. But after I did this last one, police started investigating it and they started looking for me.
“One of my customers called me to come, but when I got there, the police arrested me.”
He added: “I live here with my family. I kidnap people and kill them by strangling them. I invite them to my house. Some are my business partners. I ask them to come and supply me goods or to come to my house and buy from me.
“They bring their shoes to my house. I started doing this in February this year. Since then, I have kidnapped and killed four people. I kill them and throw them into the soak away pit. My wife goes to the market always and people can’t see me because the area is fenced.”
Anthony said he started kidnapping because of poverty, adding that he had so far received N800,000 from his victims’ families.
The last operation that blew his cover involved his business partner, Ajumiene Ofor, from Aba in Abia State.
A source, who spoke in confidence, said the victim supplied him shoes worth N500,000 on credit and Anthony told his victim to come to his house for payment. On arrival at his house, the man sent the address to his wife in Aba.
The source said: “The discovery was made when a trader from Aba in Abia State left the address and phone number of the suspect with his wife upon departure to collect the sum of N500,000, being the cost of the goods he had supplied the suspect on credit.
“After waiting for 48 hours without any sign of her husband’s return, the wife of the victim reported the matter to the police who immediately launched an investigation into the matter.
“On interrogation, the suspect took the police to his house where fresh corpses were recovered from a 20-fit soak-away pit dug purposely for dumping of corpses.
“While the wife of the suspect has since abandoned her four children and ran away, two grown up children of the suspect have also taken to their heels while two little others demonstrated how their evil father strangled his victims in their presence.
“They said their father sternly warned them not to tell anyone about his evil deeds else he would apply the same treatment to them.”
Commenting on the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nnamdi Omoni, said: “Operatives of the Aniti-Kidnapping Unit, in a sting operation on 29/6/20202 at about 1330hrs, arrested a notorious kidnapper and serial killer, one Anthony Ndubuisi ‘m’ from Ngo-Okpala in Imo State but resides at Umuebulu Etche LGA.
“The suspect, who was arrested through intelligence-led policing, on interrogation confessed to have carried out several kidnappings and killings of his unsuspecting victims, including three foreign Nationals and a Nigerian, the most recent being the kidnapping and killing of one Ajumiene Offor who was lured from Aba to his house for a business transaction but kidnapped and killed on 9/6/2020.
“In the course of investigation, the suspect led operatives to his house at Umuebulu, where he pointed to a septic tank that contained the bodies of his victims.
“On exhumation, we recovered three human skulls and the decomposing body of his recent victim. They have been evacuated and taken to the mortuary for autopsy.
“Investigation is ongoing and efforts have been intensified to arrest other members of his deadly gang.
“In the wake of his arrest, two pump action guns and some cartridges were recovered.”
Also the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, condemned the incident and declared total war against perpetrators of heinous crimes in the state.
He urged members of the public to increase their security consciousness and report all suspicious characters and movements to the police.
Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has disclosed that he almost lost his position last year due to the alleged involvement of actor-turned-politician Desmond Elliot in the political crisis that rocked the Lagos State House of Assembly during the speakership tussle involving Mudashiru Obasa.
Speaking in a video widely circulating on social media on Thursday, Gbajabiamila narrated how Tinubu summoned him to his residence in Abuja at the height of the Obasa impeachment saga.
According to the CoS, the president confronted him over intelligence reports linking Elliot, who represents Surulere Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, to efforts to destabilise the state legislature.
“I almost lost my job as Chief of Staff last year because of Desmond Elliot. Mr. President called me to his house in Abuja during the Lagos Speaker Obasa saga. He said, ‘I hear this Desmond is your boy, the one we gave you,’ and I said, ‘Yes, sir.’ He is one of the people causing problems in the Lagos House of Assembly,” Gbajabiamila stated.
Gbajabiamila further revealed that he had to defend Elliot against the allegations.
“Immediately I said to Mr. President, no, no, no. Desmond is not part of them.
“I haven’t even spoken to him. I didn’t know whether he was part of that. I said, no, he’s not part of them.”
According to him, Tinubu said, “I’m telling you from intelligence that he is part of them. Go and tell him to retrace his steps. This is what Mr. President told me. I said, yes, sir.”
He said he called the lawmaker to inform him of the development.
“I called him. That’s what I told him. Just like the President, this is what he said.
“If you are one of these people, if you are part of them, get out of there.”
He added that the Director-General of the Department of State Services also contacted him regarding his and Elliot’s alleged involvement.
“Three days later, the Director General of DSS called me and said there’s a problem. Your name is being mentioned all over the place.
“That you are the one behind, you are supporting Desmond in this event. Of course, the President will not believe that Desmond would do such a thing and I will not know what it sounds like.
“I told the DSS, I’m going to have to talk to Desmond.”
“I told him, I’m going to have to talk to Desmond. He has not done anything. I called him again.”
The Chief of Staff said he asked Elliot to issue a statement vindicating himself of the allegation, which he allegedly did not till date.
The Obasa impeachment saga erupted on January 13, 2025, when a majority of the Lagos State House of Assembly impeached the long-serving Speaker while he was vacationing in the United States.
Lawmakers accused him of gross misconduct, abuse of office, high-handedness, poor leadership, persistent lateness to sessions, and alleged financial impropriety/mismanagement of Assembly funds.
His deputy, Mojisola Meranda, was immediately elected as the new Speaker, becoming the first female to occupy the position.
Obasa rejected the impeachment as illegal and unconstitutional, insisting due process was not followed.
The crisis triggered weeks of tension, court cases, parallel claims to leadership, and interventions by APC national leaders and Tinubu.
It was eventually resolved when Meranda resigned, paving the way for Obasa’s reinstatement as Speaker.
The incident comes amid growing resistance to the lawmaker’s bid for a fourth term in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Abbas, Kalu, Ihonvbere, Doguwa, Faleke, Obasa, Amaewhule, others in race for tickets
Primaries to pick candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next year’s elections begin tomorrow.
Aspirants for House of Representatives tickets will take the first shots across the 360 constituencies.
As of last night, the party’s national secretariat was busy coordinating reports from screening centres, while appeal committees also sat to consider different cases as they arose.
“The process is tough, and the schedule is tight,” a member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) told The Nation.
The party assured its members that, despite the logistical difficulties, the process would proceed as planned.
Leading lights of the party, which controls an overwhelming majority in the Green Chamber, such as Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, House Leader Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, spokesman Akin Rotimi, long-standing member Ado Doguwa, Finance Committee Chairman James Abiodun Faleke, former minister Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, Chijioke Edoga and Leke Abejide, who defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), are among those seeking tickets to return.
Among those seeking a return to the House are Bimbo Daramola (Ekiti), Kafilat Ogbara (Lagos), Oluwole Oke (Osun) and Donald Ojogo (Ondo).
There are also high-profile lawmakers from state Houses of Assembly bidding to move to the House of Representatives.
These include Speakers Mudashiru Obasa (Lagos) and Martins Amaewhule (Rivers).
National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka said the date fixed for the intra-party selection is sacrosanct.
The screening of the contenders has set the stage for what is largely expected to be direct primaries and, in some cases, consensus arrangements.
According to the APC guidelines, direct primaries should be adopted where consensus agreements fail.
Sources said the panel cleared all aspirants from Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Enugu and Rivers states.
However, a source said members of the Appeal Committee were at the Treasures Suites in Abuja handling last-minute petitions arising from the screening exercise.
According to the source, governors still hold the ace, having been saddled by the party with negotiating the “mode of primary” best suited for their respective states.
A senior party official confirmed that the committee refused to bow to external interference.
He said despite intense lobbying and “pressure from opponents,” the screening panels opted for an all-inclusive approach.
The source added: “No aspirant was disqualified. I was part of the team that handled Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Enugu and Rivers states, and I am sure that all the aspirants were cleared.
“There was pressure to disqualify some, but the screening committee stood its ground.”
The party’s National Working Committee (NWC) reviewed the report of the screening committee on Tuesday and yesterday.
While the official results have not been formally gazetted, sources at the party’s headquarters confirmed that the reports have been ratified.
Already, the NWC has dispatched primary election committees to the states to liaise with governors for rancour-free shadow elections that will produce acceptable candidates.
A member of the NWC reiterated the party’s resolve to adhere to the revised schedule of activities and timetable.
He said: “We have done everything possible for the primaries to be held as scheduled.”
Emphasising that the timetable would not change, Morka said the clarification became necessary following misleading reports.
He said the primaries will be held as follows: senatorial, May 18; House of Assembly, May 20; governorship, May 21; and presidential, May 23.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering offences.
A source within the anti-graft agency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to comment officially on the matter, disclosed on Wednesday that Abdullahi was arrested in Abuja and is currently being held in the custody of the commission.
According to the source, the investigation involves alleged fraud amounting to about N500 billion.
“We have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering offences. He was arrested in Abuja and is currently in our custody. The amount involved is estimated at N500 billion,” the source said.
The commission is yet to issue an official statement regarding the arrest as investigations continue.
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