ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Police Operatives of the Enugu State Command, serving in Igbo-Eze North Division, have rescued four kidnapped victims; two males and two females, names withheld.
The arrest was successful through the active assistance from Forest Guard and Neighbourhood Watch Group, after an intense gun fight with the kidnappers in a forest at Aishi-Ette in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The kidnappers, most of whom escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds, abandoned the victims due to the superior firepower of the Operatives.
However, one of the victims sustained a gunshot wound in his left thigh during the duel, but was moved to the hospital, is responding to treatment and in stable condition; while others and all the Operatives returned unscathed.
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According to a statement issued by DSP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer, on Sunday in Enugu: “The victims were reported to have been kidnapped at Umuopu village, along Ette/Ogugu Road, on 23 June, 2023 at about 9.30 pm.”
They were on their way to Obollo-Afor, Enugu State from Ankpa, Kogi State, with the hoodlums said to have demanded ransom of N10,000,000.00 for each of them.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has commended the team for acting on the strategies devised and adhering to his earlier order on the massive deployment of personnel and operational resources of the Command, to contain criminal cases of abduction/kidnapping in the State.
He also charged them and all the Operatives of the Command to remain focused and sustain the onslaught against criminal elements, reiterating that the Police will never rest on their oars until the State is rid of unrepentant criminals and their activities.
The CP therefore, urged members of the public, especially owners of medical facilities, to report anyone sighted with gunshot injuries to the nearest Police Station for necessary action, in accordance with the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act 2017.