In Anambra, Police Arrest 2 Kidnappers, Rescue Victim, Recover Arms

By Izunna Okafor, Awka

The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two kidnap suspects and rescued a kidnap victim, ijideofor Attama, from their captivity.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who also revealed that the victim, Attama, was said to have been kidnapped at along Nnewi road last week, and a ransom of N10million placed on his head by his kidnappers, before he was rescued.

The statement reads: “Anambra State Police Command operatives, on 17/5/2022 rescued a kidnap Victim, one ijideofor Attama Aged 32yrs ‘M’ from Igboetiti of Enugu State.

“Mr Attama was abducted on 14/5/2022 at about 10pm along Nnewi road in his Rav 4 jeep, by a gang of five armed men operating with a Toyota Sienna vehicle, with Registration number KGE 117 PZ Imo State, ash Colour and whisked away to an unknown destination.

“The kidnap gang were in fact already asking for Ten million naira ransom from the victim’s family but fortunately, the victim escaped from where he was kept and alerted the security guards in the area. The police operatives were also contacted and immediately came to his rescue.”

According to the statement, following the successful rescue of the victim, the police operatives arrested two of the suspects, one Chukwudere Eze (male), aged 30 years, of Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State and Raphael Obasi Aged 40, years, ‘M’ of Arondizuogu in Imo State, while the operatives also recovered a brown Toyota Sienna.

Continuing, Ikenga said: “In another development on 16/5/2022, at about 4:30pm, the Command, while responding to a distress call on the attack on the vigilante office, engaged some hoodlums in a gun duel along Ifite road, Awka and in a bid to flee from the Police operatives, the gunmen abandoned three of their vehicles one brown Lexus Jeep, black Toyota Corolla, without registration number and a brown Mercedes Benz with registration number AA 274 EYF.

“Unfortunately, during the encounter four vigilante operatives sustained fatal wounds. The Police also recovered one automatic Pump action gun, thirty rounds of of AK-47 live ammunition, six live cartridges and one live SMG ammunition.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng has restated the Command’s unwavering commitment in the fight against crime and criminality in Anambra State and calls for continuous support, especially through timely information to the Police and other law enforcement agencies.”