ENUGU POLICE ARREST ONE KIDNAPPER, RESCUES 13 VICTIMS


The Enugu State Police Command says following intelligence gathered, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Police Command, CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, detailed a team of Police Operatives of the "Puff Adder" Operation of the Command, who traced a gang of kidnappers conveying 13 kidnap victims in a Toyota Hiase bus with Reg. No. MSA 657 XA. 

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe Ekea, on sighting the Operatives along Enugu-Markurdi highway, the kidnappers diverted and disappeared into Akomagbo Ubgaike Community in Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State. 

At about 1300hrs, the resilient Operatives further traced them to their hideout in the house of one Chidi Ogbonna (also known as "Egbe") in the said Akomagbo Ubgaike Community in Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State, where they were holding the victims hostage.

On sighting the Operatives, the Kidnappers took to their heels, while the Team succeeded in arresting a female member of the gang, one Onyeke Gloria Mnwanezi, rescued the 13 victims and recovered one locally made pistol with 2 live cartridges, one metal toy pistol, 1 Toyota Hiase Bus with Reg No. MSA 657 XA and 2 two Motorcycles. 

The Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, further ordered a swift manhunt of the fleeing members of the kidnap gang in order to arrest and prosecute them immediately.

Meanwhile, the Command has called on the citizens of Enugu State, especially community leaders, to expose and avoid harbouring criminal elements, who perpetrate acts of crimes and criminality within their domains, as the Command will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute anyone found encouraging or perpetrating crimes and criminality of any kind in the State. 




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