Police Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad in the early hours of yesterday, arrested two suspects belonging to a kidnapping gang.
The suspects were allegedly involved in a reported case of kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted murder in Umudioka, Dunukofia Local Government Area.
The victim, however, luckily escaped from the criminal den,
A release issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the two male suspects: Onele Solomon a.k.a Federal and Simeon Chidera a.k.a Chaplet, both 23 years, as well as other syndicate members who are currently at large, specialize in luring their victims in the guise that they are selling land to them.
He said the two suspects on 31st May, 2025, abducted the victim, dispossessed him of his personal belongings and inflicted life-threatening injuries on him with a machete.
The PPRO said that they also kept the victim in one of their criminal dens while demanding ransom from his family members and friends.
According, to him, fortunately for the victim, he escaped from their den.
Meanwhile, given the confessions of the two suspects currently in custody, efforts are on to arrest the other gang members and to dismantle the criminal network in the area.
