The Rivers State Police Command has rescued a woman abducted by suspected kidnappers in Ikwerre Local Government Area. state, following an operation that led to a gunfight, which led to the killing of two suspected kidnappers.
During the operation, other members of the kidnap gang escaped with gunshot injuries, abandoning the ransom money they had collected from the family of the kidnapped woman.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement, on Thursday, disclosed that the suspects were attacked by the command’s Anti-Cultism Unit (ACU), in Emohua Annex, around the Ozuaha axis of Ikwerre Local Government Area.
The police spokesperson disclosed that
the victim was kidnapped on December 5, and that her family had paid a ransom of N1.2 million to the kidnappers before the the police were tipped-off, leading to the raid of the area.
She also said that the rescued woman has been reunited with her family, and that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects, and bring them to justice.
Iringe-Koko said that the suspects had opened fire upon sighting the police team, and that the gunfight that followed led to the death of two of the suspects, and the recovery of weapons at the scene.
“The Rivers State Police Command, in its sustained efforts to combat kidnapping and armed robbery, recorded a breakthrough when operatives of the Anti-Cultism Unit (ACU), Emohua Annex, acting on credible intelligence, successfully rescued a kidnapped victim,” the statement read.
Iringe-Koko said that the victim’s brother had reported the abduction to the police after the abductors has threatened to kill her if the ransom demand was not met.
