Police confirm arrest of 4 suspected kidnappers, 2 cult kingpins in Akwa Ibom

Police confirm arrest of 4 suspected kidnappers, 2 cult kingpins in Akwa Ibom

[html]MacDon said that investigation was ongoing on the matter and that the suspected were arrested between last week and Dec. 31.
   
   
   
       
       
           
               
                   

MacDon said that investigation was ongoing on the matter and that the suspected were arrested between last week and Dec. 31.

               
           
               
                   

The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of four suspected kidnappers and two notorious cultists terrorising Eket Local Government Area and it’s environs in the area.

               
           
               
                   

DSP Odiko MacDon, the State Police Public Relations Officer disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.

               
           
               
                   

MacDon said that investigation was ongoing on the matter and that the suspected were arrested between last week and Dec. 31.

               
           
               
                   

“There was an attempted kidnap in Eket sometimes last week, and the victim luckily escaped and four suspects have been arrested and presently in police custody,” MacDon said.

               
           
               
                   

He said that, “the story making the rounds is true, investigations is still ongoing to ascertain the extent of their culpability, but they were found with the kidnapped materials.”

               
           
               
                   

Also speaking, a source who claimed anonymity told NAN that the suspected kidnappers abducted their victim at Mountain of fire road in Eket, while

               
           
               
                   

the two notorious cultists were apprehended by some youth after they had beaten up their victim on Sunday and collect his phone along hospital road in Ikot Ebok community in Eket.

               
           
               
                   

The cult kingpins named Jonny Monday alias ‘f**k no pay’ and Victor Udosen, ‘Lords’, were apprehended along