ENUGU — Operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit of the Enugu State police command have apprehended four suspected kidnappers who specialize on threat kidnap calls and messages to their victims.
Information from Office of the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, yesterday, had it that the suspects who were nabbed recently by the operatives had allegedly threatened to kidnap one of their victims living at Trans Ekulu axis of Enugu.
According to the PPRO, the suspects had told the fellow via several telephone calls to consider himself a kidnapped person should he fail to make reasonable amount of money available to them.
“Following intelligence gathering and monitoring, the suspects, who gave their names as Igbokwe Onyinyechi Sunday, Ejike Ibe, Belummuo Alexander Chikwado and Zeribe Chinonso Christopher were nabbed and are now helping the police in their investigations.”
Similarly, operatives of Nsukka Police Division have nabbed one Onyeneke Eze also known as EkeNweze, said to be a notorious robbery suspect on the wanted list of the police over his nefarious activities within Nsukka and environs.
The suspect, according to the command spokesman, is being accused of murder, robbery and other criminal acts.
He was arrested by the operatives based on information received from members of the public, and he is also currently assisting the police in their investigations.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police Abubakar Adamu Mohammed, has applauded efforts of his operatives and that of members of the public, saying their cooperation is yielding tremendous result in the fight against crime in the state.
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