The Anambra State Police Command has rescued two female kidnap victims and arrested four suspects.
This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the state police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Wednesday.
Ikenga said police operatives attached to the Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state led the operation on Wednesday.
He said the victims were rescued and the suspects arrested after a ransom of N200,000 was paid for the release of the victims.
He said, “Police operatives attached to the Oba Police Divisional Headquarters in Idemili South Local Government Area November 27, 2024, by 11:54 am, arrested one notorious kidnapper and three other accomplices after a ransom of two hundred thousand Naira was paid for the release of the victims in captivity.
“The operatives also rescued two female victims between the ages of 15-19 years in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, one Ifechukwu Ibesimako (M) aged 19 years of Aboji Village Oba, and other three accomplices lured their victims through social media chats, by proposing friendship to them and holding them hostage until their relatives paid a certain amount to their gang before they are released.
“Also, the arrest of the suspect and his accomplice brought more revelations of their criminal activities in the area and a report of another female victim who had already paid ransom and was released months ago.”
According to him, the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, while admonishing the teeming youths to be careful of the people they meet on social media, directed the immediate transfer of the suspect to the anti-kidnapping/robbery Squad of the Command for comprehensive investigations.
