The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested four suspected kidnappers, rescued a victim, and recovered the gang’s operational vehicle.

In a statement on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Agabe Kaborlo, said the victim, Mrs Ikechukwu, was abducted while attending to customers at her shop on Saturday.

She said the kidnappers reportedly whisked her away in a white-tinted minibus.

“Acting swiftly on the report, operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) Rivers State launched an intensive intelligence-driven investigation and arrested the perpetrators of this crime,” she said.

The suspects were identified as Owhor Chinedu, 42; Maduabuchi Emeka, 34; and Joe Karachi, 28, from Onelga Local Government Area of the state, while Isioto Waribok, 30, is from Addoni LGA.

Ms Kaborlo said the exhibits recovered included a white minibus allegedly used to carry out the abduction.

She added that preliminary investigations indicated that all four suspects had confessed to their individual roles in the crime.

“Efforts have been intensified to apprehend the two remaining members of the syndicate who are currently at large and to recover the firearms used during the operation,” she said.