Seven-Man Gang Arrested For Kidnapping Five-Year-Old Boy In Imo

A seven-man child kidnapper syndicate has been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly abducting a five-year-old child, Godday Obi.

The gang members were identified as 39-year-old Nkechi Iroegbu, Chukwudi Ndukwe and Edu Akpan of No.102 Elelenwo Street Port Harcourt; Chinwendu Uzonwu, 39, of Oba in Anambra state; Chinyeaka Gregory, 50, of number 11 Boundary Road Umungasi Aba, Abia State; Chidinma Ekwundu, 49, from Awka in Anambra state and Eucharia Onwuduba, 46, of number 31 Aniekwe street, Fegge Onitsha, Anambra state.

The Spokesperson of Imo State Police Command, Orlando Ikeokwu, while parading the suspects noted that the kidnappers were apprehended based on credible intelligence.

Ikeokwu said: “On January 12, the command received a report of a stolen child, one Godday Obi, 5 years old, at Umuejechi, Nekede, Owerri West LGA of Imo state.”

“Acting on that report, the command’s Anti- kidnapping unit swung into action and upon credible information, arrested one Nkechi Iroegbu, 39, a native of Akoli Imenyi, Bende LGA, Abia state. She confessed to the crime.”

“They all confessed to their various roles and led the operatives to the recovery of the stolen child.”

The police spokesperson further stated that the commissioner of police in the state, Olaniyi Fafowaro, ordered the investigating team to prosecute the suspects at the end of the investigation process.