One Chisom Nwankpa, 22, of Umueziokaha village in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State is among the three suspects arrested by the Enugu State Police Command over their alleged involvement in kidnapping of farmers in the state.
Others are one Okweli Edwin Nnamdi, 26, and Nnadi Victor Nwakor, 23, both of Nimbo village in Uzo-Uwani LGA of the state.
They were arrested by the operatives attached to Nimbo Police Division in conjunction with the neighbourhood watch group of the area on 28/05/2021, according to the state police command’s public relations officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe.
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Ndukwe, Friday, said their arrest was sequel to the receipt of reports alleging that the trio and others at large were responsible for kidnapping of farmers in the area. He said the suspects confessed to the crime.
In another development, one Daniel Okoro, 21, of 4, Ugonna Street, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu, and Nzekwe Michael, 24, of Ugbene 1, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu, were arrested for robbing one of their victims the sum of N200,000.00 at gunpoint on 25/05/2021.
They were arrested by police operatives attached to Ogui Police Division, Enugu, while they were operating in a yellow-coloured Daihatsu Hijet bus with registration number ELU 366 XJ.
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Ndukwe said the state commissioner of police, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, while ordering investigations into the matters, reiterated the command’s commitment towards the realization of the recently flagged-off Operation Restore Peace (OPR) in the Southeast Geopolitical Zone by the inspector-general of police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman.
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