Police recover kidnapped Anambra lawmaker’s vehicle
The police command in Anambra says it has recovered the vehicle belonging to Justice Azuka, the kidnapped lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency 1 in the House of Assembly.
The command’s public relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the recovery in a statement in Onitsha on Thursday.
Mr Ikenga stated that the recovery of the vehicle followed an ongoing intensive operation by the command’s operatives attached to the Inland Town Division, Onitsha.
He said the lawmaker was kidnapped by gunmen at about 9:20 p.m. on December 24, on his way home on Ugwunabampa Road, Onitsha.
The police spokesman explained that a rescue team sighted the vehicle abandoned on Upper Iweka Road.
He added that the Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, had charged the rescue team to intensify efforts for the possible rescue of the lawmaker and arrest of the kidnappers.
(NAN)
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