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Guns recovered as kidnappers dump vehicle, allegedly escape with the victim in Anambra.

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9 months ago

August 6, 2023

Stella Charles Akupue

Guns recovered as kidnappers dump vehicle, allegedly escape with the victim in Anambra.

A gang of kidnappers operating at Uga-Ezinifite road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State reportedly escaped with their victim after their car ran into a ditch.

The alleged kidnappers also dumped their operational vehicle, a Mercedes Benz GLK Sports Utility Vehicle, leaving behind pump action guns and blood-stained clothes.

A spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a press release, said the kidnappers were spotted by police operatives driving at high speed at about 8:30 pm on Thursday.

Ikenga’s press release read: “On Thursday, 3rd August 2023, at about 8:30 pm, a detachment of police at Aguata, while on patrol along Uga-Ezinifite Expressway, saw an SUV drive past at a terrible speed.

Guns recovered as kidnappers dump vehicle, allegedly escape with the victim in Anambra.

“The operatives suspected they may be kidnappers with an abducted victim, and the team pursued them. “Several kilometres away, the team found the vehicle in a ditch without any occupant.

“They found clothing with blood stains in the vehicle and two pump action rifles and a machete. “The vehicle, a wine-coloured Mercedes GLK 350 4matic with Registration No. Enugu ENU 484 JV was recovered and deposited for safekeeping at Area Command Headquarters in Uga.”

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Ikenga stated that the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has commended the joint security team for their vigilance and also ordered a full-scale investigation to locate the owner of the vehicle and ascertain circumstances leading to the recovery of arms and offensive weapons from the fleeing hoodlums.

The CP also enjoined people in the neighbourhood not to harbour criminals but to turn them over to law enforcement in the interest of community safety.