Police rescue three, arrest kidnappers in Imo forest

Operatives of the Anti -kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command on Tuesday stormed the dreaded Avu Forest in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state and rescued three kidnap victims unhurt .
Southern City News learnt that the policemen equally arrested the victims ’ suspected abductors, numbering seven , who held them for days without food and water in the bush.
Parading the suspects at the scene of the crime , the state Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem , said the victims were abducted on Saturday .
Enwerem gave the names of the suspects as Chukwuebuka Augustine , 22 , from Egbeada, Owerri; Romanus Ukabi , 28 , from Isiagwu in Ebonyi State ; Ikechukwu Nwachukwu , 34, of the Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA and Chikamso Onyewuchi , 25 , of Ejemekuru in the Oguta LGA of the state .
Others were Collins Nwaekwe , 24, of Obizi, Aboh Mbaise LGA , Chibuike Maduba, 26 , of Umukoronekwenye and Ikechukwu Okere , 20, of Umukoronopelu in the Ngor Okpala LGA of the state .
According to the police spokesperson, the kidnap victims – Francis Ugorji of Awaka, Chika Ahanonu of Works Layout, Mbieri Road, in the Owerri North LGA and Chibuike Nwaozo of Awo - Omamma , of the Oru East LGA of the state – were tied and blindfolded in the forest for days .
Enwerem said one Toyota Highlander belonging to one of the victims, which was used during the operation , was recovered....

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