Police apprehends 2 kidnap suspects
The command’s spokesperson, mr Ebere Amaraizu, aforesaid on saturday that the the suspects were arrestedafter a gun battle on April 11.
“The deed was achieved by a careful operation when the police received info on the hiding place of the criminals in a very thick bush outside the community.”
Amaraizu aforesaid preliminary investigation had indicated that the suspects were from Kaduna and Bauchi States.
He said: “It was gathered that suspects had allegedly at gun point, kidnapped one mr Amobi Chibuoke, a traveller and a driver mr Johnson Agah on March 18 and demanded for N10 million ransom that was later reduced to N4 million.”
The police spokesperson explained that the victims were kidnapped on Amagunze-Ezza Road while coming back from a traditional wedding in Ezza Agu in Ebonyi.
Amaraizu disclosed that the victims had disclosed that they were fed with rice once daily and unsighted throughout their stay with the abductors.
“Meanwhile a full scale investigation has commenced into the incident because the suspects, with bullet wounds, are receiving medical attention to enable them recovery quickly,’’ he said
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