CHUKA UBAH
It was a success story for the operatives from the Enugu State Police Command for arresting five suspected kidnappers and car snatchers after they had collected ransom from four victims in the State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects included Egbo Michael, 32, of Umuedeachi-Amechi in Enugu South L.G.A; Patrick Tochukwu Onwurah, 37, of Umunze in Orumba South LGA of Anambra State; Mazi Chukwuebuka, 29, of Lokpaukwu in Umunneochi L.G.A. of Abia State; Ndubuisi Akanonu, 48, of Ezinachi in Okigwe L.G.A. of Imo State, and Nwadi Obinna, 43, of Lokpanta Ezemekwu in Umunneochi LGA of Abia State.
They were arrested and paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, at the State Command in Enugu.
Tje Police boss alleged that the suspects and cohorts at large perpetrated several acts of kidnapping, armed robbery, and car snatching in different locations of the Enugu metropolis.
The CP disclosed that the suspects were arrested in January and in different locations of Abia, Anambra, Enugu, and Imo States for conspiring with others now at large to perpetrate multiple acts of kidnapping, armed robbery, and car snatching.
He noted that the ongoing investigations revealed that the suspects obtained ransom sums totalling about ten million Naira (N10, 000,000.00) from four victims, whose vehicles were also snatched and sold between October and December 2023.
Uzuegbu explained that further discreet investigation is ongoing and exhibits so far recovered from them included: one ash-coloured Toyota Corolla, one red-coloured Toyota Venza, one coloured ash-coloured Toyota Camry 2.4 model, and a black-coloured Toyota Camry (Spider) car.
He stated that the suspects will be arraigned in Court for their alleged criminal activities but that will be after the conclusion of investigations by the Police.
The suspects risk several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment for the alleged offences because they were all capital offences with capital punishment.