Anambra Police Command Arrests Suspect, Recover Victim’s Vehicle After Payment Of N15m Ransom, Activates Plans To Arrest Gang Leader Popularly Known As Ebuka
By Tochukwu Ikenga
The Anambra State Police Command has in custody, one Nwokpoku Emmanuel (M) aged 34 years, from Ebonyi State living in Oduke-Obosi, over a case of Armed robbery and kidnapping.
The operatives also recovered from the suspect, the victim’s red coloured Mercedes Benz GLE 450 and have activated plan to arrest other gang members, especially the leader known as Ebuka.
Information revealed that the victim was kidnapped in a neighbouring State and was later released after a ransom of Fifteen Million Naira (N15m) was collected. The abductors made away with his vehicle before it was tracked and recovered at MCC Junction, Onitsha.
To this end, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has directed immediate action to arrest the gang leader and assured that the Command will continue to evolve Operational strategies to improve safety in the State.
