A gang of suspected criminals who often posed as kidnappers and issuing threats to residents of communities in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra state have been arrested by combined security operatives.
Penpushing reports that the Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer Tochukwu Ikenga, made this known in a statement on Friday adding that the gang always threatened to abduct residents if they failed to pay ransom.
The command gave identities of the suspects said to be indigene of Okohia, a community in Ihiala Council area, as include Chimezie Ezebuo, Chinaza Ndimani, Chinecherem Okafor and Nzube Azubuike
Penpushing further reports that Ikenga, a superintendent of police, explained that the joint security team arrested the suspects on Thursday following a painstaking investigation after a tip-off about their activities in the state.
The police spokesperson in the statement made available to journalists stated that all the suspects had confessed to the crime and were taken into custody for further interrogations.
‘The operatives recovered phones and SIM cards used by the suspects to threaten their victims, thereby causing panic in the area and jeopardising the efforts of the security agencies and the general security of the state’, Ikenga said.
Penpushing also reports that he said the police command was committed to maintaining public safety and ensuring that individuals were held accountable for actions inciting fear or disturbing public peace.
The Command Public Relations Officer added that the command observed that security had improved in the Ihiala Council Area, and equally applauded residents of the area for their assistance in identifying “bad elements” in the council area.
Penpushing reports that Ihiala is among the local government areas that were worst hit by growing insecurity in Anambra State, and this is not the first time the police would arrest suspects who allegedly threatened to abduct people for ransom.
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