Enugu Police Foil Kidnapping Attempt, Neutralise 2 Suspects, Rescue Victim

The Enugu State police have  neutralized two suspected kidnappers and have also rescued a male kidnapping victim on the outskirts of Enugu metropolis.

According to a statement from its spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the police command reported that they have recovered the victim’s black Lexus 350 Jeep. Additionally, they found a locally made revolver gun loaded with four cartridges and another locally fabricated pistol that belonged to the criminals.

“Following the policing thrust and renewed crime-fighting impetus of the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, a combined team of police operatives rescued a male kidnap victim after a gunfight with the hoodlums.

One of the miscreants, simply identified as ‘Baron’, was neutralised on the spot in the ensuing shootout, while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. The victim’s black-coloured Lexus 350 Jeep was recovered alongside 1 locally made revolver gun loaded with four 4 cartridges and another locally fabricated pistol belonging to the criminal elements.

“However, further manhunt of the fleeing members of the gang led to the discovery and recovery of the lifeless body of the second neutralised hoodlum, simply identified as Chukwunonso a.k.a.

‘Nolly’, in the morning hours of today, 21/08/2023, in a forest at the location of the gun duel.
The two neutralised members of the criminal gang have been on the criminals’ watch list of the Command, while the operational success was due to the Operatives’ swift response to a distress call on the kidnap of the victim, along Agbani Road Enugu, in the said night.”