The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a pair, Kingsley Okoye, 36, and Chidinma Okoye, 27, for allegedly sending risk messages and trying to kidnap unsuspecting people.
In a press release on Friday, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the duo specialised in issuing abduction threats by textual content messages, demanding ransom with the ultimatum of abduction or homicide.
Ikenga mentioned the suspects have been arrested on Friday by the joint safety power, comprising the police and vigilante operatives performing on technology-driven info.
He mentioned the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted to destroying a few of the sim playing cards which they’d earlier used to commit the crimes.
The assertion learn partly, “The Anambra State Police Command is conscious and already investigating a associated latest trending voice be aware of a safety report on how a sufferer escaped abduction by an alleged safety operative.
“Given experiences of textual content messages and voice notes obtained by unsuspecting members of the general public on threats of abduction and kidnap, the Joint Safety Drive comprising the Police and AVG performing on technology-driven info within the early hours of as we speak (Friday), arrested a pair, one Mr Okoye Kingsley aged 36 years and Mrs Chidinma Okoye aged 27 years respectively in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Native Authorities Space of Anambra State recovers telephones and sim playing cards.
“The couple specialises in sending threatening messages to individuals and demanding ransom or they shall be kidnapped or killed. All of them confessed to the crime and admitted to destroying a few of the sim playing cards which they’d earlier used to commit the crimes.”
In response to him, the state Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam, has directed the instant switch of the case to the anti-kidnapping/theft squad of the command for complete investigations whereas the accused individuals shall be charged to courtroom on the conclusion of the investigations.
In one other improvement, Ikenga mentioned the command is conscious of and already investigating a latest and associated voice be aware of a safety report back to a police station on how a sufferer escaped abduction by an alleged safety operative.
“The command didn’t take the data with no consideration. Therefore, prompts all the mandatory intelligence instruments to unmask the suspects and nip the problem within the bud to keep away from reoccurrence,” he added.