Anambra Police arrest suspected female accomplice in a robbery, kidnap incident

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By Madu Obi

Operatives attached to the Onitsha 3 3 Police Station, in collaboration with the Agunechemba Security, Nkwelle-Ezunaka Unit, have arrested a 23- year old Okonkwo Onyinye, believed to be an accomplice in a reported case of armed robbery and kidnap incident.

The team also recovered a snatched Toyota Highlander SUV of the victim in Ogidi.

According to the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, preliminary information revealed that the victim was double-crossed by five armed men operating in a Toyota Corolla car at Nkwelle GRA gate.

Ikenga said the suspects forcefully placed the victim in the boot of his vehicle and drove off to a bush in Umuoji Town, Idemili North local government area, where they dispossessed him of his phone and transferred the sum of ₦24 million from his account before abandoning him and escaping with the vehicle.

"Following the report, the Joint Security Team, acting on technologically driven intelligence, traced the movement of the suspects to Nawfia, Njikoka local government area and subsequently to Ogidi, Idemili North, where the armed hoodlums engaged the operatives in sporadic gunfire before fleeing the scene", the PPRO said.

He said that the white coloured Toyota Highlander, with registration number, RBC 649 CN, was recovered and the female accomplice, Okonkwo Onyinye, was later arrested at the scene.

"She is currently assisting Police detectives with credible information that will aid in the arrest of other fleeing gang members", Ikenga stated.