Anambra police raid kidnappers’ den, recover military uniforms, others
The Rapid Response Squad of Anambra state has recovered various police and military uniforms from a kidnappers’ hideout in Ifite Ogbunike in Oyi local government area, Anambra state.
The command, via its Twitter handle on Thursday, said “there were some major positive developments today 10/5/2023, following so much credible information to the Police Command from the residents of Anambra, we have identified some of their criminal hideouts/camps.”
“The Police operatives attached to Rapid Response Squad, Akwuzu in the earlier hours of today while in an attempt to rescue two of the kidnapped Victims stormed into a camp at Ifite, Ogbunike, Oyi LGA, neutralised two of the armed men, recovered a black Lexus SUV with a lot of security uniforms which comprises of Police and military.”
The command also shared a video of the items recovered from the kidnapper’s den.
“The battle against the insurgents in Anambra State is focused and it will remain sustained until such a time security stability is fully restored in the state,” the command added.
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