Police rescue kidnapped wife of UNN’s Prof Onuora, parade 4 suspects in Enugu State

On 14 June, the Enugu State Police Command reported that it had rescued the wife of Professor Ikechukwu Onuora of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who was kidnapped by gunmen at the weekend. It also paraded four men, suspected to be members of the gang that seized the don’s wife.

According to the police report, Mrs Onuora and her younger sister who were riding in a Jeep, were abducted in Nsukka, Enugu State, on the afternoon of Sunday 12 June, and taken to Idah, Kogi State, from where the kidnappers planned to contact members of their family to demand for ransom. But their plot failed, as one member of the gang, apprehended by policemen from the Enugu State Police Command, squealed that the women had been taken to Idah, which led to the busting of the gang.

Narrating how the criminals were smashed, the Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Dan’azumi Job Doma, said: “They kidnapped some women on Sunday. One of them is the wife to Professor Ikechukwu Onuora of UNN. Immediately we got wind of it, we gave them a chase and in the early hours of Monday, we were able to pick one of them”.

“As we were driving to Idah in Kogi State to locate these women where they were kept, our men decided to get to the police station in Idah to report their presence.  One of them sighted the Jeep of the kidnapped women being driven by the kidnappers, who were probably looking for where to dispose of it”. 

“Our men gave them a chase and shot the tyres but they continued, knocking down motorcycles on the road. Eventually, two of the suspects were picked up and they led us to where the third fellow was. We picked him and rescued the women without any hurt”.

The Commissioner of Police said the suspects will be arraigned in court shortly.