Anambra command of the Nigeria Police Force has provided an update on the recent kidnap incident at Ifite-Amansea Road.
Recall that a viral on social media showed a clip alleging that two persons were kidnapped by gunmen along Ifite-Amansea road, behind Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, the State capital on Saturday, 13th July, 2024.
But in a terse statement made available to newsmen on Sunday, the Anambra Police Command assured that its men and other security agencies are on top of the situation.
The statement which was signed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the Police Response Team swung into action immediately after receiving the report, and has recovered the vehicle of the victims.
Ikenga, a Superintendent of Police added that operations and joint security measures have been put in place to ensure safe rescue of the victims, net the perpetrators, and forestall the reoccurrence of such or related incident in any part of the state.
“The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, states that efforts are ongoing to arrest the assailants and rescue the victims of the abduction incident by 2 pm on 13/7/2024 captured in a video along Ifite-Amansea Road, Awka.
“Meanwhile, the Police Response Team recovered the abandoned victim’s vehicle, and joint security measures/personnel positioning are already in place to forestall such/related incident in the State.
“To this end, the CP charges the Command tactical teams deployed to complement the Joint Security Team to redouble their efforts to deprive the hoodlums of the space they desire so much to perpetrate their evil acts; and vows that the Police Command shall leave no stone unturned in hunting down the assailants,” the statement reads.
