Police capture kidnapper, rescue victim
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a member of a notorious kidnapping syndicate.
According to newsmen, the suspect, along with his accomplices, kidnapped businessman Maduabuchi Julius at a filling station in Oyigbo Local Government Area.
Confirming the arrest, the PRO of the state command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement released on Wednesday, November 20, said:
“On the 17th of November, 2024, at about 2023 hours, operatives of the Command received a distress call from the Command’s Control Room indicating that a gang of armed men, numbering about four (4), operating in a black Toyota Corolla car, shot sporadically and kidnapped one Maduabuchi Julius (male) at Sabbath Filling Station, Oyigbo,” the statement read.
“Operatives were swiftly mobilized to the scene, and upon sighting the police operatives, the hoodlums drove off. However, they were given a hot chase by the operatives and were subsequently intercepted along Egbu Street, Oyigbo, where a gun duel ensued between the police operatives and the hoodlums.
“The hoodlums could not withstand the police’s superior firepower and eventually abandoned the victim and their operational vehicle, with registration number RIVERS PHC 938 AH, before escaping. The victim was rescued unharmed, and the vehicle was recovered.
“Investigation is ongoing, and concerted efforts are being made to apprehend the other fleeing members of the gang and recover their operational weapons.”
Proofreading by Uchechi Ojo, Sub-editor at NeptunePrime.
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