Police operatives in Oba, Anambra State, have rescued two female kidnap victims between the ages of 15-19, who were lured through social media. Four suspects were apprehended after a ransom of N250,000 was paid for their release.
Police operatives attached to Oba Police Divisional Headquarters of the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State have rescued two female kidnap victims . Spokesperson of the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga stated this in a press release, saying that four suspects involved in the kidnap have been apprehended. Ikenga said the two young girls were lured through social media chats with the kidnappers who proposed friendship to them.
'Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, one Ifechukwu Ibesimako aged 19 years of Aboji Village Oba and three other accomplices lured their victims through social media chats, by proposing friendship to them and holding them hostage until their relatives pay a certain amount to their gang before they are released.
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