– Some notorious kidnappers have been arrested following the timely raid
– The kidnappers have made confessions regarding their involvement in
the kidnapping of Charity Ikirigo
– Some arms and ammunition were recovered from the abductors
Anti-kidnapping detectives from the Rivers state police command
between 4am on Wednesday,April 27 and 5am on Thursday, April 28,
stormed the hideouts of suspected notorious kidnappers at Okrika town,
and Abuloma where one Mitchell Tamuno a notorious kidnapping kingpin
of Abam in Okirika Local Government Area and other five members his
gang were arrested.
According to the Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations
Officer,PPRO in a press statement said,"Their arrest was at the heels
of an actionable information and they have confessed to be the gang
responsible for the kidnapping one Miss Charity Ikirigo a 14 years
old, a student Federal Government Girls College, Abuloma ,on the April
18,2016 and was rescued by Anti-Kidnapping Squad.
"Two AK 47 rifles and one hundred and seventy rounds of live
ammunition were recovered from them. Suspects also confessed to being
behind several kidnappings in Abuloma and Okirika."