Police rescue two kidnap victims as mob set suspect ablaze
From Chinedu Nwafor Abakaliki
Police in Anambra State have rescued two kidnap victims in Onitsha.
The police also recovered a Toyota Highlander jeep with reg nos NSH 398 HA and Toyota Camry with reg nos BRS 941 AA.
The police operatives made the harvest on Thursday
A statement released to journalists in Awka yesterday by the Police spokesman in the state DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said the security operatives intercepted a seven man kidnap gang along Awada near Onitsha in an attempt to arrest the criminals, six out of the seven gang members escaped and abandoned both the victim’s vehicle and their operational vehicle.
The statement also added that the seventh person arrested was lynched by an angry mob and set ablaze before police operatives could arrive the scene.
The statement said the Commissioner of Police CP Echeng Eworo Echeng condemned the act of mob action by some members of the public who resort to jungle justice whenever they arrested suspects in respect of criminal allegations without recourse to the Police for proper investigation.
He also urged them to always exercise restraint by not taking the laws into their hands, adding that they should endeavour to take such suspect to the nearest Police Station whenever they are apprehended.
The statement disclosed that the Command have initiated operation aimed at arresting the fleeing gang members and the suspects who took laws into their hands by setting ablaze the arrested suspect.
