Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested an herbalist and two others over alleged kidnapping in the state. The suspects were said to have kidnapped one Amaechi Oguama on October 20, 2021 and collected a ransom of N10m from his family without releasing the victim. He said the suspects, who hail from Akpugo in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, were members of a criminal gang that specialised in kidnapping. The PPRO disclosed that the command had earlier arrested three other members of the gang who were remanded in the Enugu Maximum Custodial Centre. He said, “The newly arrested suspects confessed to have been actively involved in the kidnapping of the said victim and the receipt of ransom of over N10m by the criminal gang.

Source: Punch May 09, 2022 08:55 UTC