Police Operatives attached to Uli Divisional Headquarters have arrested one Muanaenye Chekwube Victor, aged twenty-four over a reported case of kidnapping.
The case which is under investigation revealed that the suspect planned the kidnapping and collected a ransom in dollars equivalent of five million, three hundred thousand Naira with his gang members before the victim was released.
According to a release signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect during interrogation confessed to having planned the kidnapping plot by luring his friend to escort him to see another friend and they allegedly abducted him and to avoid suspicion, pretended to have been kidnapped by his criminal gang.
SP Ikenga noted that the suspect is now cooperating with the police, providing information to help apprehend his accomplices and will face prosecution at the conclusion of the investigation.
