A few days back Punch
reported that police in Ebonyi State paraded a group of kidnappers with a
lady among them. The lady was reported to be a final year student of
Sociology and Anthropology at Ebonyi state University, but her name was
withheld.
The identity of the student has been revealed, her name is reportedly Nnenna Loveth Okpara.
At
the command headquarters in Abakaliki, the state Police Public
Relations Officer, Lovet Odah who paraded the suspects disclosed that
the gang abducted the victim who is the owner of a popular hotel known
as “Monabis Hotel” located at Nnorum Street in Abakaliki at about 8 pm
on May 25.
She
said, “The suspects after abducting the victim whisked him away to
Azugwu town at the outskirts of the capital city Abakaliki, where he was
shot at the back and pushed inside a nearby river though he survived
the ordeal.
“The suspects were arrested by police operatives at Nsukka in Enugu State and later transferred to Ebonyi State Police Command”
The
PPRO revealed that the kidnappers transferred #5 million from the
victim’s bank account, using his mobile telephone handset, to their own
bank account before pushing him into the river.
Odah,
said that the state Criminal Investigation Department had commenced
full scale investigation into the incident, emphasising that the
suspects would be arraigned in court for prosecution.
