Crime
KESSBILLIONS! Nigeria’s robbery kingpin wanted in Ghana, arrested
The Ghanaian police have arrested Kesiena Blessing Kagi, alias KessBillions, who was wanted for allegedly masterminding series of armed robberies in the West African country.
The 21 years old was nabbed at his hideout at Community 20 in Tema on Friday, March 9, 2018.
KessBillions, as he was popularly known among his fellow criminals, was on the police wanted list for the robbery of a forex bureau at Teshie on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.
KessBillions was also said to have led a gang of robbers to attack a company at Community Nine Light Industrial Area, Tema.
The IGP said other suspects in the forex bureaux robbery gang — Prince Wanganga, Gift Wanganga, alias Festus; John Ani, Prince Yfuah and Okoro Amulley — had been arrested earlier.
He said KessBillions and the other five suspects were all Nigerians. He said a check on KessBillions’s passport, number A07598838, revealed that he was a native of Warri.
KessBillions frequently comes to Ghana, with his last being on January 19, 2018, with a 90-day stay permit.
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