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Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers and rescued an abducted victim in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April 24, 2026.
According to him, the suspects lured their victim, an electrician, to a location under the guise of offering him a job. On arrival, he was blindfolded at gunpoint and taken into captivity.
Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, in collaboration with members of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group, stormed a bush in Umuezeala Awuda village, Nnobi, where they rescued the victim and arrested the suspects.
The team also recovered a ransom sum of N469,000 and one locally made Beretta pistol from the suspects.
“In the evening of 18th April 2026, police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, in collaboration with members of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group, Nnobi, acting on a well-coordinated operation based on credible intelligence, stormed a bush located at Umuezeala Awuda village, Nnobi, in Idemili South Local Government Area,” the statement read.
“The team successfully arrested three armed suspects, rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered one locally made Beretta pistol and the ransom of Four Hundred and Sixty-Nine Thousand Naira (N469,000) from the suspects.”
The suspects were identified as Chidalu Obi (25), Chichebem Ojenigbo (26), and Chikannechukwu Eze (20).
Preliminary investigation revealed that they lured the victim under the pretext of offering him employment, then abducted him upon arrival and took him to a bush in Umuezeala Awuda, where he was held captive.
The statement further noted that the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted that the ransom was paid into a SportyBet account belonging to one of them, Chidalu Obi.
The Anambra State Police Command reiterated its commitment to safeguarding lives and property, and urged members of the public to continue supporting security agencies with timely and credible information.
