The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, says nine kidnap suspects have been arrested while three victims were rescued.

He said their arrest came following the abduction of some travellers at Agu-Ekwegbe community axis of Ugwuogo-Nike/Opi/Nsukka highway in Enugu state on Sunday,

The Commissioner who ordered the maximum deployment of operational and intelligence resources of the Command to ensure adequate security on the road said police had rescued an unascertained number of persons allegedly abducted and arrested their culprits

He reassured users of the said road and the citizenry of the Command’s unwavering commitment to ensure that their security and safety are maximally maintained, while categorically stating that the onslaught on unrepentant criminal elements in the State shall be sustained.

Meanwhile, police operatives of the Command serving at Independence Layout Police Division, on 20/10/2022 at about 2.30 pm, arrested three (3) kidnapping suspects namely: Chidi Jobbison (male) aged 24, Emmanuel Ogbu (m) aged 25 and Ogochukwu Nweke (f) aged 17, at Nkwo in Ugwuaji community of Enugu South LGA, and rescued their male kidnapped victim.

Their arrest is due to the Operatives’ swift response to credible information alleging the trio and other members of their gang escaped, wearing masks and operating in a minibus, abducted the said victim from his house to a bush in the mentioned location and obtained a ransom of six hundred and fifty thousand naira (N650,00.00), through a POS Operator.

However, the Operatives clamped down on them, arrested the suspects and recovered the yellow-coloured Suzuki mini bus with reg. no. UKP 270 YP and two (2) masks.

Similarly, Police Operatives serving at Udenu Police Division of the Command, on 16/10/2022 at about 1.25 pm, promptly responded to a distress call and arrested six (6) kidnapping suspects and rescued two (2) of their victims, at Igbokwube Village, Amalla in Udenu LGA. (Daily Independent: Text, excludes headline)

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