Vehicles belonging to suspected kidnap victims have been recovered in Anambra State, police said on Sunday.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, said efforts were ongoing to arrest the assailants and rescue the victims of the abduction. NewsNGR gathered that the abduction occurred on Saturday along Ifite – Amansea road, Awka.
Itam charged the command’s 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”. He said that the command would leave no stone unturned in hunting down the assailants.
Our correspondent gathered that three abduction cases were being tracked by the police. The first one occurred along Ifite-Amansea-Awka Road in Awka North Local Government Area of the state.
A viral video clip showed how some armed men, operating in a Sienna vehicle and a white saloon car, double-crossed an SUV vehicle and forced two unidentified male occupants into the Sienna and drove off.
Another victim was abducted along Agulu-Oraukwu Road in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state.