Enugu State Police Command, on Saturday, arrested a kidnap suspect and rescued 13 victims following intelligence.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe Ekea, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Police Command, Ahmad Abdurrahman, disclosed that the Commissioner of Police detailed a team 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.
“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 of the same date, 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 two live cartridges, one metal toy pistol, one Toyota Hiace Bus with Reg No. MSA 657 XA and two motorcycles. ”
According to the statement, Abdurrahman further ordered a swift manhunt of the fleeing members of the kidnap gang in order to arrest and prosecute them immediately.
The Command urged 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.
“To be forewarned is to be forearmed, please”, he warned.
