OPERATIVES of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested 18
suspected kidnappers and rescued seven victims, who were abducted in various
parts of the state.
The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Francis Odesanya, who said this
while parading some of the hoodlums in Port Harcourt on Thursday, said
security
operatives had engaged the kidnappers in a shootout in one of their hideouts in
Ubima before they were overpowered.
Odesanya added that over 20 suspects belonging to different cult
groups were arrested in some parts of the state within the past one month.
The CP identified one Mr. Okechukwu Njoku as one of the kidnapped victims, who
regained their freedom during security operatives’ shootout with the hoodlums.
He recalled that Njoku was kidnapped on July 29, 2016 and was
rescued at Mercy Land in Port Harcourt after a protracted gun duel with
kidnappers, adding that two of the hoodlums were apprehended during the
operation.
The CP added that six hostages were rescued in a forest in Ubima
by policemen, who acted on a tip-off.
“The Command’s Anti-kidnapping Unit arrested one Chukwuemeka and
Eluwakwe Nwato and two others for their involvement in the kidnap of a
13-old-girl who was kidnapped from her home in Egberu, Afam Community, Oyigbo.
“Again, men of the
command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit, based on credible intelligence, rescued some
hostages, who were abducted along Elele-Owerri Road. The police had a fierce
gun battle with the hoodlums, but overpowered them and rescued the hostages,”
Odesanya said.
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