The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Lagos State Command, has handed over a notorious crime suspect, Obi Levi Obieze, to the Lagos State Police Command for further investigation into his alleged involvement in kidnapping and ritual killings.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the handover in a statement released on Friday, via his official X handle. The statement read: “ONGOING: @nigimmigration, Lagos State Command hands over wanted suspect, Obi Levi Obieze, to @LagosPoliceNG at the Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja.”

Obieze, who is also known by the alias Levi Obu Onyeka, was arrested on Wednesday, May 29, by NIS operatives at the Gbaji checkpoint along the Badagry-Seme Road. He was reportedly attempting to flee the country on a motorcycle at the time of his arrest.

According to credible intelligence, Obieze is linked to a recent kidnapping and alleged ritual killings in Isiagu Community, Enugu State.

He is believed to be a native doctor from Umuajor village, Enugu, and part of a three-man gang that abducted a 13-year-old girl on May 27.

The girl, who was walking to a farm with her father, was taken and later rescued from a shrine reportedly connected to the suspect.

The NIS said Obieze’s identity was confirmed through a National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) enrollment slip found in his possession during the arrest.

The Lagos State Police Command is expected to continue the investigation as efforts intensify to apprehend other members of the gang.