Five victims were recently rescued from kidnapper’s
den in Omuma community in Rivers State when detectives
from Abia State Police invaded their hide-out.
Parading six
suspects including a 20- year-old girl in Aba, the Abia State Police
Commissioner Habila Joshak, noted that the kidnappers after abducting their victims in Aba take them to their hide- out in Omuma community until ransoms are paid.
It was learned that the paraded 20- year-old girl does the cooking for the kidnapped victims.
Among those paraded were two suspects, who reportedly killed a man and later kidnapped his sister- in- law in Owerri, whose husband is based in Sweden
The CP, who refused to disclose the names of the suspects in
order not to jeopardize investigations, added that the gang is
also involved in bank robbery and breaking of ATM vaults.
He urged residents to report suspected persons in their
neighbourhood, and assured that the Police have the capacity
to respond to distress calls within five minutes in any part of
the state.
Items recovered from the gang include a welding machine, 20
rounds of ammunition, filing machine, and a pistol.
Earlier, Police Area Commander in charge of Aba, ACP Peter
Wagbara, told Vanguard that the hoodlums abducted two
persons at Clifford and Ngwa roads in Aba and on tip-off, that
the Police stormed their hide-out in a village called
Umuakwu in Eberi Omuma, Omuma council area of Rivers
State.
According to him: “We stormed the community, but the
hoodlums had advance information and were able to rescue
the victims. When we searched the house, we found this
young lady, believed to be the one who was cooking food for
the victim, a welding machine, 22 rounds of ammunition,
filing machine. They use the equipment to break into ATM
and bank vaults; there have been some unsuccessful
attempts in Aba.”
He added that the Police had launched efforts to track the
fleeing kidnappers.
