Gambian police have arrested six Nigerians accused of keeping an Austrialian man hostage; they had kept him tied up in a bathroom for more than a week after they had enticed him to Africa over the internet.
The gang had extorted about a $9,900 ransom from his family for his release.
The 71 year old man, Justin Liebig, was seized on the 1st of February 2009 and was only freed when his family had wired the money from Australia nine days later.
“The victim was tied to a chair in the toilet, with his mouth covered apparently to prevent him making any noise ... They threatened and forcefully obtained 5,000 euros from his family in Australia, while he was in custody," said Mr. Badjie, the Chief of the Gambian Police.
Sources said that the six Nigerians contacted Mr. Liebig on the internet and somehow convince the poor old man to do business with them in the small West African country. But that was not the case. They kidnapped him on his arrival and held him in Kololi, not far from the Gambia’s capital, Banjul.
Badjie said that this was the third incident of its kind involving none other than Nigerians. The suspects, if fully convicted, will be charged with conspiracy, kidnapping and obtaining money by false pretenses, Badjie said.
"We have different foreigners in the country but the Nigerians are the only people behaving in such a manner," he added.
Nigerian gangs, well Nigerians in general, have earned a pretty well known reputation for extorting money through the internet in what have come to be known as “419” confidence tricks; it’s named after the clause in Nigeria’s penal code that outlaws them.
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This article just goes to show how and why Nigerians in general have such a bad reputation. Incidents like these do not help improve the countries standing. How can you work with a country if they can’t even control or punish their people the right way? Nigeria’s problem is that there aren’t many consequences for breaking the law. The penal system, if you can call it that, is a system that revolves around bribery, not justice. Not in the least bit.
The gang had extorted about a $9,900 ransom from his family for his release.
The 71 year old man, Justin Liebig, was seized on the 1st of February 2009 and was only freed when his family had wired the money from Australia nine days later.
“The victim was tied to a chair in the toilet, with his mouth covered apparently to prevent him making any noise ... They threatened and forcefully obtained 5,000 euros from his family in Australia, while he was in custody," said Mr. Badjie, the Chief of the Gambian Police.
Sources said that the six Nigerians contacted Mr. Liebig on the internet and somehow convince the poor old man to do business with them in the small West African country. But that was not the case. They kidnapped him on his arrival and held him in Kololi, not far from the Gambia’s capital, Banjul.
Badjie said that this was the third incident of its kind involving none other than Nigerians. The suspects, if fully convicted, will be charged with conspiracy, kidnapping and obtaining money by false pretenses, Badjie said.
"We have different foreigners in the country but the Nigerians are the only people behaving in such a manner," he added.
Nigerian gangs, well Nigerians in general, have earned a pretty well known reputation for extorting money through the internet in what have come to be known as “419” confidence tricks; it’s named after the clause in Nigeria’s penal code that outlaws them.
“Read More…”
This article just goes to show how and why Nigerians in general have such a bad reputation. Incidents like these do not help improve the countries standing. How can you work with a country if they can’t even control or punish their people the right way? Nigeria’s problem is that there aren’t many consequences for breaking the law. The penal system, if you can call it that, is a system that revolves around bribery, not justice. Not in the least bit.
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