EBONYI POLICE APPREHEND TWO KIDNAPPERS AND RESCUE A VICTIM

The Ebonyi State Police Command announced over the weekend that it had freed a kidnap victim, a priest whose name had not yet been released at the time of reporting this article.

Faleye S. Olaleye, the Commissioner of Police, stated in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Abakaliki that the command received a distress call that a clergyman had been kidnapped and sprang into action by mobilizing tactical units to rescue the victim.

He stated that the tactical units and the Divisional Police Officer of Ebonyi Division condoned and barricaded a designated location, which resulted in the kidnappers' capture.

CP Olaleye went on to say that the Department of State Service, DSS, was also involved in locating the victim.

According to him: "The kidnappers were intercepted along Ndofia Ishieke and Edupfu Egbu Ishieke in Ebonyi Local Government Area, where they abandoned the victim and took to their heels while exchanging gunshots with the Police to pave way for their escape.

"Unfortunately, they were over- powered by the superior fire power of the police which led to one of them being neutralized and the arrest of two principal suspects."

Items recovered from the kidnappers includes; AK-47 and one Lar rifles, two vehicles including that of the victim.

However, the Commissioner of Police warned criminals to lay down their arms or leave the state.