Police deny kidnap attempt on Atiku's wife
BY OKONKWO EZE ONITSHA - The Anambra State police command Tuesday denied the speculations making the rounds within the Onitsha metropolis in the state that some suspected kidnappers nearly abducted Mrs. Jennifer Atiku, one of the wives of the former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar when she visited her father's Onitsha residence at the weekend. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka (DSP) who made the denial in a telephone chat with newsmen Tuesday, said there was no iota of truth in the rumour which is spreading like a wild fire. Chukwuemeka noted that the true position was that some armed hoodlums who were preparing for a robbery operation were driving past the residence of Jennifer's father on Okosi Road, Inland Town, Onitsha and on seeing a police patrol van coming towards their direction, they thought they were being trailed by the police men and at once they opened fire on the policemen who quickly respondended before the hoodlums fle...