The Anambra Circumstance Police Command has arrested a pair, Kingsley Okoye, 36, and Chidinma Okoye, 27, for allegedly sending ultimatum messages and making an attempt to abduction unsuspecting people.
In a commentary on Friday, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the duo specialized in issuing kidnap blackmails thru textual content messages, challenging ransom with the blackmail of kidnap or homicide.
Ikenga mentioned the suspects had been arrested on Friday via the joint safety power, comprising the police and vigilante operatives performing on technology-driven data.
He mentioned the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted to destroying one of the most sim playing cards which they’d previous old to devote the crimes.
The commentary learn partially, “The Anambra Circumstance Police Command is mindful and already investigating a indistinguishable contemporary trending tone be aware of a safety file on how a sufferer escaped kidnap via an alleged safety operative.
“Given stories of textual content messages and tone notes gained via unsuspecting participants of the society on blackmails of kidnap and abduction, the Joint Safety Pressure comprising the Police and AVG performing on technology-driven data within the early hours of as of late (Friday), arrested a pair, one Mr Okoye Kingsley elderly 36 years and Mrs Chidinma Okoye elderly 27 years respectively in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Native Executive Department of Anambra Circumstance recovers telephones and sim playing cards.
“The couple specialises in sending threatening messages to people and demanding ransom or they shall be abducted or killed. They all confessed to the crime and admitted to destroying some of the sim cards which they had earlier used to commit the crimes.”
In line with him, the order Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam, has directed the rapid switch of the case to the anti-kidnapping/theft squad of the command for complete investigations day the accused individuals will be charged to court docket at the conclusion of the investigations.
In every other building, Ikenga mentioned the command is conscious about and already investigating a contemporary and indistinguishable tone be aware of a safety report back to a police station on how a sufferer escaped kidnap via an alleged safety operative.
“The command did not take the information for granted. Hence, activates all the necessary intelligence tools to unmask the suspects and nip the issue in the bud to avoid reoccurrence,” he added.