Breaking news: Anambra Police rescues 75 year old woman from Kidnappers, ---engages kidnappers in Gun Battle, kills 2, 13 arrested

www.odogwublog.com reports that the operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) Anambra state led by its state commander, James Nwafor, a chief superintendent of police (CSP)  has rescued a 75 year old Virginia Uloma Arinze,

the mother of former commissioner for commerce, industry and tourism in the state, Ken Arinze, a lawyer from dare devil kidnappers.

Madam Arinze was kidnapped by the suspects on 21^st of February, 2015 at Ebenebe in Awka North Local government area of Anambra state, but was rescued on the 27^th at Obinofia Ndiuno in Ezeagu, Enugu state.

Just as the Anambra state Commissioner of Police , Hosea Karma Hassan paraded  13 other alleged kidnappers at the police command in Awkuzu, Oyi Local government Area. Two other were gunned down while others are at large and being trailed by the SARS operatives.

CP Karma, who briefed reporters yesterday, said the police and other security agencies would not relent in making Anambra safe.

He said the alleged kidnappers were traced to Enugu state on a tip-off by his men after the woman’s family had paid 2.5 million naira ransom demanded by the hoodlums.

Instead, he said the hoodlums called the woman’s son on phone and told him that he would never see his mother again.

The two suspects, who were gunned down during the gun challenge with the police on 4^th March, 2015 were Chinedu Onyia (aka Edumgbara or Nwa police) and Peter Eneje, all from Eziagu, Enugu state after SARS team swooped on their hideout.

Two of the suspects , one Chukwuemeka Chukwuka from Nnobi and others were said to have kidnapped the niece of the founder of Madonna University Okija, Ihiala council Area, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Edeh on 4^th January, 2015 in the state, while she was taken to Obolo-Afor in Enugu state where she was rescued were also on parade.

They family paid N7 Million ransom and police recovered about N1.3 Million from them.

Another group of 5 among the arrested suspects, were according to Karma, kidnapped the wife of the owner of Albertino Group of Companies, dealers of Electronics of all kinds at Aroma junction  in the state in October 4^th, 2014 at Ekwulobia, Aguata local government area.

The woman was released after they paid N4 Million ransom and with the help of Ebonyi state police were arrested at Abakaliki after intensive intelligence.

Another suspect on parade is a 64 year old Chukwudi Chidozie from Amawbia who allegedly paid some miscreants N300,000 to kill his younger brother Osita Chiedozie over land dispute but rather than the assassins carry out the duty they were paid for , they leaked the information to the wife of the man to be killed who raised the alarm involving police.

The other group of 4 armed robbers and car snatching syndicate were also paraded differently with cars recovered even as CP warned youths not to hide under the guise of politics to commit crime as he would not look back in dealing with any caught.

According to the police CP “these people had been engaged in high profiled kidnapping in the state and elsewhere, and had been hiding without knowing that one day is for the owner of the house”

“Since they have refused to listen to advice by vacating this state, after many months now, we are telling them that the police will not relent in their own duties”

“We are prepared to work day and night in Anambra state with the continued support of Governor Willie Obiano in making sure that there is peace, this is just a warning to others who are preparing to unleash mayhem in this state”

“I am ready and my men are equally ready for them, if they think Anambra is safe for them, they should rethink” Karma said

The former commissioner for commerce, Ken Arinze, whose septuagenarian mother was rescued, told www.odogwublog.com yesterday that he lacked words to describe his happiness.

However, while praising SARS led by James Nwafor for a job well done, he said that he would want the police to get to the root of what led to his mother’s kidnap.

Some of the items recovered from them included four AK47 riffles, English Pistol, seven rounds of 9mm ammunition which were recovered at Enugu Otu, in Anambra East Local Government Area in their hide out.