According to Enugu police command, four persons kidnapped along Akama-Oghe Road in Ezeagu local government area of the state have been rescued.
A statement by the command’s public relations officer; DSP Daniel Ndukwe said the rescue operation was carried out by Police Operatives serving in Iwollo Division of the Enugu Command in synergy with Neighborhood Watch personnel and Forest Guards.
Ndukwe said the rescue took place on December 24 in a forest at Akama-Oghe in Ezeagu Local Government Area.
“The three male and a female victims were reported to have been kidnapped along 9th-Mile/Eke/Akama-Oghe Road, on 23/12/2022 at about 8pm.
“They also recovered a black-coloured Mercedes Benz car belonging to one of the victims, while all the victims have been debriefed and reunited with their families.
“Meanwhile, the Enugu Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, fdc, has ordered Tactical Operatives of the Command to sustain ongoing manhunt of the kidnapping suspects, who abandoned the victims and escaped due to the intense pressure mounted by the Operatives to rescue the victims and apprehend them.”
