Police rescue father, daughter, another from Kidnappers den

The Enugu state Police command has rescued three kidnap victims including a father and his daughter from the clutches of their kidnappers.

A statement signed by the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Daniel Ndukwe said the feat was recorded in two separate operations on May 16th and 26th respectively.

According to Ndukwe, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad AbdurRahman urged residents to always assist the Police with credible information required to effectively police the State.
He disclosed that the operatives engaged the suspected kidnappers in a gun duel at their hideout, leading to the death of one and the arrest of the other, who sustained severe bullets injury.

Preliminary investigation, he said, reveals that two of the victims, a father and daughter, were reported kidnapped on 15/05/2020 at about 5:pm, by armed men at a building site in Eziama Abakpa-Nike.

However, a combined team of Operatives attached to the Command’s anti kidnapping and anti cult Units, acting on intelligence, rescued the victims unhurt inside a forest in Eziama Abakpa-Nike community.

The third victim he noted, was reported kidnapped on 25/05/2020 at about 8:30pm in exchange for her son and one other, who were being held by the alleged Kidnappers.
“However, following a tactical and intelligence operation carried out by Operatives of the Command’s anti kidnapping Unit at the said forest, the victim was successfully rescued unhurt, after an intense gun battle with the Kidnappers, which led to the death of one.”

The second suspect was reportedly arrested with severe bullet injuries and in a critical condition.

The PPRO said one AK-47 rifle with breech no. HM9221, twenty rounds of live ammunition, two machetes, four handsets and a cash sum of N700.00 were recovered from them.