The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Onitsha on Saturday.“On the May 17, at about 6:30 p.m., there was a distress call at the Ogidi police station that a man was abducted and taken to the bush at Ilongwodo Ogidi.
“Following the report, police operatives attached to Ogidi Division and Operation Puff Adder responded swiftly and rushed to the bush.“On sighting the police, the hoodlums opened fire, but the team responded thereby forcing the miscreants to jettison their mission and scamper for safety leaving behind the victim,” he said.
Mohammed said before the police intervention, the hoodlums had robbed the victim of N5,000, phone and an ATM card which was used to withdraw N51, 000 from the victim’s bank account while in captivity. However, he said one Arinze Okorie, 28, of Inyienu-Ogidi was arrested and two machetes were recovered from him.
He added that efforts were on to apprehend other fleeing accomplices in order to bring them to Justice.recalled that the police intervened in a similar incident on May 3, where Mr Ikechukwu Emerole, who resided in Owerri was also lured by a female Facebook friend to Ogidi.In another development, the police said two suspects, Uche Ogbu and Chinecherem Nweke, who specialised in snatching handbags and handsets from victims using a motorcycle have also been arrested.
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