The police in Anambra State have arrested a lance corporal in
the army, Ojiegbe Obinna and others in military attire for alleged
kidnapping.
While Obinna and two others were arrested at Ekwulobia in the
Aguata Local Government Area, the other two in army attire were
arrested in a different incident in Ogidi, in the Idemili North
Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed,
disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital,
on Saturday.
Describing the use of military uniform for kidnapping as a new
trend of crime in the state, Mohammed enjoined the public to be
wary of the development.
He said, “We enjoin the public to report any suspicious persons
to the nearest police station or through the command’s emergency
numbers.”
He said the army corporal and his accomplices kidnapped one
Uchenna Ezeonu .
He added that a distressed call reached the police who trailed
and apprehended them.
He stated,” There was a distress call along Isuofia road in the
Aguata LGA of Anambra State that three persons in military uniform
around Ekwulobia roundabout abducted one Uchenna Ezeonu of Omeke
village and whisked him away to an unknown destination.
“Following the distress call police operatives, attached to
Operation Puff Adder, in conjunction with joint patrol teams,
rushed to the scene and cordoned off the entire area in search of
the hoodlums along the bush path by Uyo-Eke market road.
“Consequently, three suspects in military attire, who abducted
the victim, were rounded up inside the bush.
The police spokesperson gave the names of Obinna’s accomplices
as Obasi Peter and Benjamin Nicholas.
He said the victim was rescued unhurt adding that preliminary
investigation revealed that Obinna served with the Nigerian Army
and deployed to 101 Special Forces Battalion, Maiduguri, Borno
State.
Mohammed said, “He was subsequently handed over to Onitsha
Military Cantonment for discreet investigation while the remaining
two suspects in military vest were discovered to be fake
soldiers.’’
He said effort was ongoing to apprehend the fleeing members of
the kidnap gang to bring them to justice.
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