FRSC Official Paraded Over Kidnapping

An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), one Cyprian Uduak Sylvester is currently in the custody of the police command in Imo State over his alleged involvement in the kidnap of one Cyril Echesi penultimate week.

Also paraded by the police were members of a notorious gang that specialises in attacking and stealing cows from herdsmen in Imo state.

The state police Commissioner, AbdulMajid Ali who paraded the suspects yesterday said Sylvester who led other members of his gang in the abduction was arrested following a tip-off.

He explained that Sylvester and his gang who abducted their victim at Uli, in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State were intercepted on their way to Ahoada in Rivers State, with the victim still in their custody, by the Scorpion Squad of the command.

On the cow thieves, the commissioner said two members of the gang, Christian Nwabuchi, 26 and Ifeanyi Uzoma Daniels were arrested when the report reached the command of their invasion of a cattle base on the outskirts of Owerri.

Ali said the two suspects alongside others now at large attacked a cattle rearer, Usman Goje and killed him before stealing 32 of his cows.

He said though 17 of the stolen cows had been recovered, men of the command were still on the trail of the other members of the gang.

Source: Leadership