A commercial tricycle operator, Joseph Asogwa, was on Tuesday allegedly attacked by two suspected tricycle snatchers along Onitsha-Owerri Road, Oba, Anambra State.
The suspects dispossessed the victim of his tricycle after pouring a hot liquid on his face, which hurt and momentarily blinded him.
It was gathered that Asogwa immediately raised the alarm which attracted the attention of the police patrol team arrested the suspects.
Police spokesman Haruna Mohammed confirmed the incident.
He said the snatched tricycle was also recovered from the suspects and registered as exhibit.
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He said, “On the 26/5/2020, around 7:55 am, at Umuogali Oba along Onitsha/Owerri road, two suspected members of tricycle snatching syndicate who specialize in snatching tricycles popularly called keke were arrested by a police patrol team attached to Oba Division in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
In another news, two siblings aged five and ten, who were abducted from their home in Abakaliki at gunpoint. have been abducted by the Police Command in Ebonyi,
The Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs. Loveth Odah disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abakaliki.
Odah, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) alleged that the kidnappers robbed the mother of the siblings of huge amount of money before abducting her children.
She said that the kidnappers demanded N10 million ransom but had to abandon the children at a location in Afikpo South Local Government Area of the state, after a manhunt by police operatives.
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