Police smash kidnappers’ den in Ebonyi
Ebonyi, Headlines, State News Wednesday, July 17th, 2013From JEFF AMECHI AGBODO, Abakaliki
The police in Ebonyi State have uncovered kidnappers’ hideout where victims were kept in Emezabi community, Ngbo in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The location at the boundary between Ebonyi and Benue states had served as hideout for kidnappers over the years where they kept their victims while negotiating for ransom before their release.
The discovery of the kidnappers’ den followed the kidnap of the wife of the deputy leader of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mrs. Winifred Ogbu last Friday by a six-member kidnap gang that operated with motorcycles in Abakaliki.
Mrs. Ogbu was taken away by the suspected kidnappers who held her hostage in the three-bedroom mud house located in an isolated part of Umezabi community until she was rescued by men of Nigeria Police following a tip-off after a gun battle that left one of the suspected kidnappers dead.
Deputy Police Commissioner, Mr. Istifanus Shittima and a team of police officers in the command as well as the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. Chukwuma Nwandugo led the operation that supervised the demolition of the kidnappers’ hideout.
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