Police arrest five suspected kidnappers in Rivers

Five suspected kidnappers person been apprehended by the Rivers State Police Command pursuing a associated cognition carried retired successful the Oyigbo Local Government Area.

Operatives attached to the Oyigbo Divisional Police Station carried retired the arrests connected the acquisition of the state’s Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adewole Adepoju.

This was made known successful a property connection released connected Thursday by the Command’s spokesperson, ASP Blessing Agabe.

According to the statement, the suspects are 44-year-old Ezekiel Emmanuel, 51-year-old Chukwuma Mbanefor, 65-year-old Nicholas Diala, 49-year-old Ndubuisi Uwakwe, and 51-year-old Ifeanyi Nwankwo. 

Agabe stated that upon questioning, the suspects admitted to their roles successful kidnapping and disclosed that they had taken portion successful aggregate kidnap operations carried retired wrong the Kom-Kom, Railway, Obeama and Afam communities.

She noted that the manhunt for the remaining members of the pack is inactive underway.

According to the Commissioner of Police, the palmy cognition is simply a nonstop result of the intelligence-driven policing attack and operational guidelines enactment successful spot by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu.

He restated the Command’s resoluteness to support up forceful, intelligence-based...