BY Ikemefuna Asika, Awka
Police Operatives attached to Area Command Headquarters, Onitsha while on township patrol on Wednesday received a distress call at about 9.30 P.M. of a kidnap incident around Borromeo Roundabout.
According to Police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement, the police operatives responded to the distress call and caught up with a shuttle bus in which the kidnapped victim was held.
The police operatives professionally engaged the kidnappers in a shootout without harming the hostage who was rescued unhurt.
Two suspects were arrested at the scene while others managed to escape with gunshot wounds.
The Police team recovered one Barreta pistol, nine rounds of 9MM live ammunition, and a shuttle bus without number plates which the criminals used for the kidnap operation.
The Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, while commending Police Operatives for the remarkable feat, charged them to intensify efforts to apprehend the fleeing gang members.
He also called on hospitals in the area to report anyone presenting gunshot injuries for treatment.
