A total of 23 suspects including kidnappers, child traffickers/thieves, armed robbers, among others have been arrested and paraded by the Abia State Police Command. The state Commissioner of Police (CP) Mr Joshak Habila, said they were apprehended in different locations.


Mr. Habila disclosed that upon the arrest, a GSM Sim Card, with Number (08029744410), used in demanding and collecting N100,000 ransom from a kidnapped minor’s father, was recovered from one of the paraded suspect, identified as Uzoma Samuel Anyanwu, aged 35, who hails from Imo State.

Four persons namely, Sunday Bassey, Justina Udejime, Mrs Mary Akpan, (18); Ewesu Kama, (15); were nabbed following a report made by the child’s mother, Chinaza Ndubuisi to the Police on March 7, 2015.

The child, he said, has been recovered at Ihiala, in Anambra state while further investigation also led to the arrest of one Comfort Amos Orji (female), aged 18 years, who is awaiting possible prosecution.