In addition to apprehending two kidnappers and freeing their victim, youths from the Oba village in Anambra State’s Idemili South Local Government Area also found an AK-47 and a pump-action gun.
According to a source, the trio abducted a man on Friday afternoon and stole his car and other possessions while driving around in a red Corolla.
The source said: “They kidnapped the man in front of a primary school in the community. They stole his car and abducted him too.
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“Some youths of Oba community who have constituted themselves into civilian security chased after them when they were alerted. When the kidnappers saw that they were being pursued, they pushed the kidnapped man out of the car and continued driving.
“They thought that freeing the kidnapped man would make the youths to retreat, but they were mistaken. The youths pursued them, and they headed towards Oraifite before their vehicle developed fault, and they were arrested.”
Two young people were arrested in a social media video that showed them wreathing in pain and having their hands tied behind them after being punched by their arresting officers.
In the film, the two recovered rifles were displayed as gangsters’ stolen firearms.
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A narrator in the video, probably the leader of the youths, said: “We arrested these two, while three others who were part of the kidnap gang escaped with their AK-47 guns which they used in the operation.”
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