By Cajetan Mmuta, Awka
Operatives of the Anambra State police command have rescued four siblings abducted from their home by kidnappers in the state.
The incident happened in the Enugu Agidi community on Friday night.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed the incident disclosed that the kids were taken from Enugwu Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
He said: “On 15th December 2023 at about 2300 the Police at Abagana received information via Police hotline that suspected herdsmen had abducted four children from a family at Achalla Village, Enugwu Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.”
According to ikenga, “Immediately the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye received the report, he ordered immediate mobilisation of Police personnel and vigilantes to go after the kidnappers to rescue the children.”
“In the early hours of today Saturday, 16th December, 2023 the four children aged 13, 14, 21 and 21 years were rescued close to Urum, 25 kilometres away from their home in Achalla village, Enugwu-Agidi.”
“The children have been reunited with their parents while the dragnet for the armed herdsmen is being extended to neighbouring communities.”
On how the children were kidnapped, Ikenga said the mother of the children said the family was watching television at about 10 pm when a light suddenly went out.
She and her husband went out to find out what was amiss, when they saw three gunmen suspected to be herdsmen and fled for dear lives.
By the time they summoned the courage to return to the house, they discovered that their four children who were already asleep had been abducted by the gunmen.
Ikenga added that security has been beefed up in the area to forestall a re-occurrence.
