By Jude Onyenedogha
Imo State Police Command said its operatives have busted kidnappers’ den in a forest between Avu and Ihiagwa, in the Owerri West Local Government Area and arrested five suspected deadly kidnappers.
According to a press statement endorsed on behalf of Imo State Commissioner of Police, AbokiDanjuma, by the command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye, on combing the forest, in conjunction with some local hunters, decomposing unidentified dead bodies were recovered
The statement read: “Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Imo State Police Command Special Tactical Unit, led by the Commissioner of Police, CP AbokiDanjuma, in synergy with some local hunters stormed a suspected kidnappers’ hideout in a forest between Avu and Ihiagwa, on 29/01/2024 and arrested five suspected kidnappers namely; MuazuAwuta, 30 ‘m’ yrs, AbdullahiAbubakar, ‘m’ 32yrs, Ozeru Sabo ‘m’ 25yrs, Saddam Suleiman, ‘m’ 27yrs, Bashir Yahaya, ‘m’, 28yrs, all of Jau LGA of Jigawa State.
“The suspects are currently undergoing investigation and have provided useful information to the Police that will lead to the arrest of other syndicates at large.
“On combing the forest, two decomposing unidentified corpses suspected to be kidnapped victims and other items like telephones, wristwatches, shoes, and slippers were recovered”.
According to the statement, the command intends to carry out further DNA confirmatory test to ascertain the identity of the deceased, adding that five operational motorcycles of the suspected kidnappers were also recovered.
It said intense operation was still ongoing in the forest and other identified black spots, with the aim of stamping out all forms of crime and criminality in the State.
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