Nigeria Police has arrested nine suspected kidnappers of the wife of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mrs Margret Emiefele.

Parading the suspects before newsmen in Abuja, Force Public Relations Officer, Don Awunah, said the suspects, who included two policemen, have confessed to their various roles in the crime.

Awunah, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, said the suspects also received various sums of money as part of their share of the ransom paid.

According to him, items recovered from the suspects included, N14, 725,000, three cars, one AK 47 magazine and two cartridges, saying the police also recovered from the suspects part of the money and cars bought with the ransom.

Awunah said the police would continue to limit the capacity of kidnappers and other criminals by the deploying adequate manpower to counter them, urging all stakeholders to cooperate with the police in order to successfully check the activities of kidnappers.

He said money or ransom was sometimes used as bait or bargain to save the lives of victims of crime, saying it was also absolutely important to mention that the police do not and would not encourage payment of ransom.

Mrs Emiefele was kidnapped with her three aides on September twenty-nine at Oquneki hills along Benin – Agbor road in Delta and were rescued on September thirty.