The Anambra State Police Command has rescued three yet-to-be-identified persons who were abducted by gunmen along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area.
In a statement on Saturday, the Anambra State police spokesman, Superintendent of Police Tochukwu Ikenga, said the victims were rescued at about 7:20 am on Saturday.
Our correspondent gathered that the kidnapped victims had been abducted along the Nsugbe-Nneyi, Umuleri Anambra State on Friday evening.
A video of the incident which surfaced on social media showed when the kidnappers shot one of the victims in the foot, as a means to show their seriousness and compel their relatives to pay ransom.l
Ikenga, who reacted to the development, said the joint security team in coordinated operations on Saturday today, rescued the three kidnap victims along Onitsha/Owerri Express Road, Ozubulu.
He said different security checkpoints in the state were alerted when the information of their abduction was reported for possible rescue and arrest of the criminals.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ikioye Orutugu charged the operatives to redouble their efforts for possible arrest of the criminals and assured of sustained onslaught to deny the criminals the space to commit havoc.
He said, “The Joint Security Team in coordinated operations today March 22, 2025 by 7:20am, rescued three kidnap victims along Onitsha/Owerri Express Road, Ozubulu. The victims were rushed to the hospital by the joint security team following various degrees of injury already inflicted on them by the criminals.
“They are currently responding to treatment and shall subsequently be debriefed by the Police.
“Different security checkpoints in the state were alerted when the information of their abduction at Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area was reported for possible rescue and arrest of the criminals.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, while charging the operatives to redouble their efforts for possible arrest of the criminals has assured the good people of Anambra of the Command’s commitment to the protection of lives and properties and sustained onslaught to continue to deny the criminals the space to commit havoc.”
