Abia Police Confirm Arrest Of 5 Kidnap Suspects - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
TheAbia State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five men in connectionwith the alleged kidnapping of a boy from Umuoba, in Isiala-Ngwa South LocalGovernment Area of the State.
TheState’s Police Commissioner, Ene Okon, who confirmed the arrest in Aba said thesuspects had also confessed to the crime.
Headded that the suspects, who were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,SARS were undergoing interrogation.
ThePolice Boss alleged that the suspects were also responsible for the series ofrobberies and kidnapping of innocent citizens in the area. He also explainedthat the suspects confessed to belonging to a dangerous Aro secret cultoperating in Aba and its environs.
Okonadded that two locally-made guns, several manacles, an axe, handcuffs andcharms were recovered from the suspects’ hideout.
Itwas learnt that the suspects kidnaped the boy to use him as a bait to get hisrelation, who is a resident abroad, to pay ransom for his release.