Raphael Ede, EnuguTwo men suspected to be kidnappers escaped being arrested at a police checkpoint in Enugu on Wednesday. The kidnappers had on Friday abducted a lawyer, two businessmen and a Catholic Reverend Sister. PUNCH Metro had reported that the abductors contacted the families and demanded N5m ransom for each of the victims. However, two of the suspected kidnappers riding on a motorcycle were reportedly flagged down at a checkpoint in front of the police station with a Ghana-Must-Go bag filled with huge sums of money and with some of the cash strapped to their bodies on Monday. It was later gathered that the other kidnapped victim had been released after ransom was paid on Wednesday.

Source: Punch August 06, 2020 00:33 UTC