Anambra Police Rescue Abducted Victim, Recover Arms

A kidnap victim has been freed by members of the Anambra State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnap Squad, the state police command announced on Thursday.

According to DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the state police’s public information officer, the event took place at Nnewi Ichi.

The team which was out on patrol with vigilante guys on September 13, 2023 learned where the kidnappers were hiding and assaulted the location, according to reports.

Ikenga stated that, “A kidnapped victim found in the hideout was rescued and conveyed to a hospital at Nnewi for treatment. One of the suspected kidnappers was arrested.

“Operatives recovered one pump action gun and two locally fabricated hand grenades at the hideout.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, while commending the operatives and the local vigilantes on the collaboration that has been effective against criminal elements, asked them to sustain ‘the onslaught until crime is reduced to the barest minimum and people can move around in safety in the state’.