Some kidnap gang have been arrested and their hideout destroyed by the Nigeria police in Anambra state.
The gang was suspected to have been the master minded the kidnap of the Personal Assistant to the former Commissioner of Works in Anambra State, Mr Clement Ayika (Captain), Mr Pius Maduka, elder brother to Chief Cosmas Maduka of the Coscharis Group, among several others, on various dates and demanded various sums of money as ransom.
While some members of the gang had died during an exchange of gun fire with the police, others were charged to court, just like some of their houses were recently demolished by the state government.
The arrest of the kidnappers by the Police across the state in the last one month has thus sent warning signals to the hoodlums of governor Obiano zero tolerance to kidnapping.
Some of the demolished buildings included a four-bed room bungalow at Umudunu Dusogu, Awkuzu built by one Izuchukwu who died in a gun battle with the Police on 9th February 2014; and another four bedroom bungalow with adjoining boys quarters owned by the Nwadike family of Obinetiti Dusogu village, located at Awkuzu, which was used as a den for kidnap victims by one of their daughters, one Baby Igbanugo Nwadike, now at large, and members of her gang.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Finihan Adeboye stated that, “the exercise is a confirmation of the resolve of the state governor and the entire security agencies that the war against crime and all forms of criminality is a continuous one, which will not be stopped until the state is rid of all forms of criminality.”
