3 persons involved in the kidnap of a staff of Channels Television in Abuja,Mr. Friday Okeregbe have been apprehended. This is according to a statement signed by the force public relations officer, DCP Frank MBA.
THis is in line with the IGP’s stated commitment to curb all forms of crimes and criminality, including kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country. Police Operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder, acting on intelligence report, on 9th April, 2019 at about 6:30am arrested three (3) notorious persons involved in the kidnap.
The suspects: Hanniel Patrick ‘m’ 29years from Akwa Ibom State, Abdulwahab Isah ‘m’ 28years and Salisu Mohammed ‘M’ 32years both from Kogi State have made useful statements to the Police.
Investigations however reveal that Mr. Friday Okeregbe was not the intended target of the vicious criminals though on that fateful day, 22nd March, 2019, at 07:45PM, he was kidnapped when the kidnappers saw him parking his vehicle at a location in Lugbe, Abuja and taken to the kidnappers’ den somewhere in Karimo, Abuja where he was kept incommunicado .
The Police also recovered from the kidnappers a locally made revolver gun, three (3) live AK47 ammunitions, a battle axe, phones and masks used to blindfold their victims. Effort is being intensified to arrest other members of the gang still at large.
Meanwhile, the IGP has reassured the general public that the Police and other security agencies are doing everything humanly possible to curb the challenges of kidnapping and other heinous crimes across the Country. He enjoined the public to always avail the Police with useful information that will help in realizing these objectives.
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