Wanted man to surrender any day now

SHELDON LOVELL, alias “Skelly”, the man described as the country’s most wanted man, is willing to surrender to the police any day now because he wants to clear his name.

He is also willing to reveal sensitive information to National Security Minister Howard Chin Lee, and added that he does not trust any police officer. He is also concerned about his safety when he is arrested and in custody, but  feels that he will be executed if he fails to surrender. Sheldon Lovell has been in contact with Zaki Aubiah, expelled member of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen; David Mohammed, local representative of the Nation of Islam; Gemma Ayres, his mother; a newspaper editor,  and a close relative. “Those are the only people Lovell trusts,” said Zaki Aubiah, who is almost sure that Lovell will surrender shortly. Aubiah told Newsday that Lovell, 33, has lost all confidence in people he once considered his close friends, and feels that most of his close associates are interested in “selling him out” to collect the $100,000 reward posted by Crime Stoppers. “He is willing to surrender, but he feels that the timing has to be right.” He claimed that Lovell is not the criminal that he is being made out to be, but added that he is willing to take Lovell to the police when he is ready to do so.

Yesterday, David Mohammed, the local representative of the Nation of Islam, said that he spoke with Lovell last Tuesday night, and he claimed that he was being made out to be a “scapegoat.” He also told Mohammed that he is not the mastermind behind kidnappings in the country. Lovell was advised by Mohammed to surrender, but up until yesterday, Lovell made no attempt to do so. Police sources told Newsday that based on information received, Lovell is one of the main suspects in the kidnapping of Anthony N Sabga III. Sabga was kidnapped last year and released in Belmont after a ransom was paid. Police investigators told Newsday that Lovell was reportedly paid a huge sum of money for his role in that kidnapping. On August 5,last year Lovell was kidnapped outside Alicia’s Guest House, St Ann’s. He was released 19 hours later in Aranguez. Nursing wounds to his face, neck, back and arms, Lovell told police that after being kidnapped, he was blindfolded and taken to an area with thick bushes and beaten for over half an hour by his four kidnappers. In an interview with Newsday after being treated at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital on August 6 last year, Lovell claimed that he was forced to hand over large sums of cash to people he knew. Senior officers insisted yesterday that the search for Lovell will continue round the clock. They added that Lovell is armed and dangerous. He has been described as a menace to society.