POLICE OPERATIVES WITH VIGILANTE IN ANAMBRA STATE HAVE ARRESTED A COUPLE FOR ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING 29-11-24
By Sadiq Aminu The Police Operatives in conjunction with Vigilante in Anambra state have arrested a couple for attempted kidnapping.
The couple, Kingsley and Chidinma Okoye was arrested in Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local government area of the state..
In a release, the Police Public Relations officer in the state, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga said the couple was used to sending text messages and voice notes to unsuspecting members of the public on threats of abduction and kidnap.
He explained that the suspects also demanded ransom from the people they sent the messages to victims or they would be killed.
The Image Maker pointed out that the police Operatives recovered phones from them and the couple confessed to the crime and admitted to destroying some of the sim cards which they had earlier used to commit the crimes.
Mr Ikenga said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Nnaghe Itam had directed the immediate transfer of the Case to the Anti-Kidnapping/Robbery Squad of the Command for comprehensive investigations while the accused persons would be arraigned in court on conclusion of the investigations.