POLICE FOIL KIDNAP ATTEMPT, RESCUE VICTIM

The Anambra Police Command has recorded another major milestone with the rescue of a kidnap victim yesterday in Aguata LGA of the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, made this known in a press release, made available to this newspaper. He said that, officers of the command responded swiftly when they got a report at about 4:30 pm on 22/5/2024 of the abduction along Umuchiana village, Ekwulobia, Aguata LGA. He said that during the hot chase by the Police team, the criminals shoved the victim out of the vehicle at Ndike village in Orumba North LGA and drove off, while the Police in Aguata in a hot chase recovered his vehicle, a sky blue Toyota Camry.

He commended the technology-driven and rejigged personnel and operational positioning of the anti-crime approach of the Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam who resumed recently in Anambra, which he said has continued to thwart criminal endeavors of gunmen in the state.

The officers he said, sustained the trail on the abductors and the criminals abandoned the vehicle along Umunze road Orumba South LGA and ran into a nearby bush. He said that operations are still ongoing for the possible arrest of the hoodlums.

Meanwhile, the victim has been debriefed and reunited with his family.

He said that to this end, the Commissioner of Police, hails the gallantry performance, displayed by the operatives and assured Ndi Anambra that the Police and other security agencies in the state will do everything within the law to ensure they deny criminals the opportunity to foment trouble and re-group anywhere in the State

#Watchvideo : SECURITY FORCES BURST THE CAMP OF UNKNOWN GUNMEN IN AKOKWA

Security Forces in the state through a coordinated intelligence report has bursted the camp of the unknown gunmen at Akokwa, Arondizuogu after a long gun duel which resulted to the death of some of the criminals and others arrested. These criminal elements have been known to be behind several attacks in the state such as the killing of police men in Mbaise, Aba Branch in Ehime Mbano, burning down of police stations, attack and attempted kidnapping of former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, abduction of Miss. P.P. Johnson, a female soldier in Okigwe and recently the attack in Akokwa that left many dead. It is obvious that these daredevil gunmen have been perpetuating their evil plans unabated until yesterday when their camp was bursted by security agencies. This is another assurance that our security operatives are leaving no stone unturned in the fight against banditry and other related activities. While it has become obvious that the activities of these non state actors are politically motivate...

BREAKING: 2Baba Shot Dead In Rivers State

A notorious cult leader and the prime suspect in the brutal murder of the late Divisional Police Officer, SP Bako Angbashim, in the state, Gift Okpara, popularly referred to as 2Baba, has been reportedly killed in a police-led major security raid. The police and other security agencies were said to have conducted land and aerial raids at the identical hideout of the Iceland cult leader and his gang at Idu-Ekpeye in Ahoada East local government area of Rivers on Saturday, February 17. According to The Nation , the Iceland cult leader was reportedly feared dead after the operation. Recall that in September 2023, the late DPO was ambushed and captured by the cult group led by 2Baba in the Odiemudie community, Ahoada East LGA. 2Baba and his gang then took the DPO to the forest, where they killed him and dismembered his body. The cultists then filmed him. Another source, Obi, said he saw no less than 15 vehicles and an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) during th...

BREAKING: ARTMA Official gunned down In Awka

As the spate of violence rages in the capital city of Anambra, Awka, a terrible twist to it just happened now. With a staff of the state road regulation agency gunned down minutes ago. This is coming less than one day when someone was also gunned down at popular Aroma Junction, to be precise Wednesday evening. An eye witness who saw the incident said it happened at the motor park, where commuters commute passengers from Awka to Nnewi. The source said the victim is an official of the Anambra Road Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA). “ The man who was killed is an ARTMA official. He stopped some people who were driving a Toyota Sienna vehicle with tinted glasses, and the people shot him and drove off. There have been cult related killings in Awka since Easter, but it was not clear if Wednesday and Thursday morning incident was related to cultism. The Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga was yet to react to the killing as at the time of ...

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