Police in Imo State on Friday paraded three suspects, allegedly connected with the kidnap of an Anglican priest and a traditional ruler on March 8 and March 19 respectively.
The suspects, Sunday Oparaeke, Simeon Igwegbe and Kingsley Henshaw, an ex-convict, were also alleged to be dealers in stolen cars.
It was gathered that the traditional ruler, Eze Josephat Aliebo of Njikoka Umulolo, Okigwe, was released after his family paid N2 million ransom to the kidnappers.
Mr Musa Katsina, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who led journalists to the kidnappers’ hideout in Arondizuogu, said the command had intensified efforts against criminal elements in the state.
He said the three suspects were arrested in Umunze in Anambra through the combined effort of the command’s special ambush squad and their expanded strategic partners in Anambra, adding that the police swung into action after the kidnap while relying on intelligence reports gathered from credible sources.
According to him, the police recovered one Toyota Corolla, a Toyota Rav 4, a Toyota Forerunner and one Nissan Maxima from the suspects. He also said that one of the suspects, Kingsley Henshaw, was an ex-convict of armed robbery.
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