Anambra couple arrested for threatening people with kidnapping letters

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By Madu Obi

The Anambra State Police command has arrested a couple who allegedly specializes in sending threatening kidnap letters to people in the state and demanding ransom from them.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the couple was arrested at Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local government area of the state.

In a statement, Ikenga said: "The Anambra State Police command is aware and is already investigating a recent trending voice note of a security report on how a victim escaped abduction by an alleged security operative.

Following reports of text messages and voice notes received by unsuspecting members of the public on threats of abduction and kidnap, the Joint Security Force comprising the Police and Anambra Vigilante Group, AVG, acting on technology-driven information, in the early hours of today 29/11/2024, arrested a couple, one Mr Okoye Kingsley, aged 36 years and Mrs Chidinma Okoye, aged 27 years in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State, recovered phones and sim cards.

"The couple specializes in sending threatening messages to people and demanding ransom or they shall be abducted or killed.

They all confessed to the crime and admitted to destroying some of the sim cards which they had earlier used to commit the crimes."

Ikenga said the State Commissioner of Police , Nnaghe Obono Itam, has directed the immediate transfer of the case to the anti-kidnapping/robbery squad of the command for comprehensive investigations, while the accused persons shall be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigations.

The PPRO also said that the command is investigating a recent and related voice note of a security report to a Police Station on how a victim escaped abduction by an alleged security operative.

He stated that the command did not take the information for granted and has therefore activated all the necessary intelligence tools to unmask the suspects and nip the issue in the bud to avoid reoccurrence.