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ENUGU — Operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit of the Enugu State police command have apprehended four suspected kidnappers who specialize on threat kidnap calls and messages to their victims. Information from Office of the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, yesterday, had it that the suspects who were nabbed recently by the operatives had allegedly threatened to kidnap one of their victims living at Trans Ekulu axis of Enugu. According to the PPRO, the suspects had told the fellow via several telephone calls to consider himself a kidnapped person should he fail to make reasonable amount of money available to them. “Following intelligence gathering and monitoring, the suspects, who gave their names as Igbokwe Onyinyechi Sunday, Ejike Ibe, Belummuo Alexander Chikwado and Zeribe Chinonso Christopher were nabbed and are now helping the police in their investigations.” Similarly, operatives of Nsukka Police Division have nabbed one Onyeneke Eze also known as EkeNwe...

By ONOZURE DANIA Two brothers, Olayinka Jagbojagbo,38,and Kabiru Jagbojagbo, 30, were, on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, over alleged kidnap and robbery. The suspects who were docked before Magistrate Abimbola Komolafe, are facing a four- count charge of conspiracy, robbery, kidnap and attempt to escape, preferred against them by the police. The police prosecutor, inspector Iranus Nnamonu, told the court that the accused and others at large, committed the alleged crime some time in January, 2013, at about 3:20pm, at 26, Jagbojabo Villa Erode, in Epe area of Lagos State. He said that the accused and others at large received N8,500,000 ransom from ZTM Nigeria Limited, over a kidnapped Chinese national one Mr Kuang Vingjiun, who is a staff of ZTE Nigeria Ltd, at Osborne Road in Ikoyi. Nnamonu said that the suspects and other members of the gang, shared   N200,000 each from the money realised as ransom. He said that the suspects procure charms for themselves and membe...

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...