The suspect who claims to have 11 children, including two university graduates, was among suspects paraded by the State police command.

Fred confessed to being a kidnapper while speaking to journalists at the police headquarters in Benin. He said he was invited to join the gang by a boy he met at a burial ceremony, adding that, he was paid N300,000 in his first operation.

He further disclosed that one of their victims, 67-year-old Premie Eboigbe Ohakhena, who he said was his neighbor, was killed and burnt to ashes at their hideout in the bush, because his (Fred’s) brother died after stepping into a land dispute between them.

Among others paraded were two suspects, Sunny Owin and Saliu Momodu, of Eiye Confraternity who snatched a car with a view to using it to kill rival cult members.

Sunny who said he was not an armed robber, however confessed to being a cultist and that he actually wanted to kill a rival cult member, while Saliu said he was arrested after his girlfriend invited him.

Edo Police spokesman, Stephen Onwochei, said Fred was arrested after a painstaking investigation. He added that the suspects would be charged to court after investigation.