POLICE RAID KIDNAPPERS DEN AND RESCUES HOSTAGE

I.G of Police Mohammed Abubakar

Anambra State Police Command has raided the hideout of a major kidnapping ring in the South-East zone of the country and rescued a hostage. It also said it killed three kidnappers in a shootout and arrested three others.

Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, Bala Nasarawa, said police raided the kidnappers’ hideout in the city of Ihiala on Tuesday, but they came under fire, They killed three in return fire and seized three others from the building, also freeing their Nigerian hostage, a man named Jonathan Onyekwulu, he said.

Bala Nasarawa said the gang have been responsible for most kidnappings in the state and environs, adding that the gang’s leader was arrested a few months ago and had helped police track them down. he emphasisezed that officers of the force are working assiduously to track down fleeing wounded members of the syndicate,” after the shootout.

He however did not give detail on how many gang members fled. They also recovered a rocket launcher, four rockets, 18 AK-47 assault rifle magazines and several rifles, he added.