Two Sergeants arrested for collecting N5m ransom after kidnapping NPC employee

Imo State Police Command, FSARS has arrested two serving sergeants, Olu Hygenius and Collins Ibe, and two others,Timothy Chukwukere and Chidubem Anyia, for alleged involvement in the kidnap of an employee of the National Population Commission, Amasike Ameleonye.

Ameleonye was kidnapped on July 6 at Okwelle in the Onuimo LGA.

It was gathered that Ameleonye’s abductors collected N5m ransom before releasing him.

The two sergeants were arrested by F-SARS operatives at Imo international Conference Center in Owerri while still serving as aides to an ex-lawmaker, Robertson Ekwebelem.

“When they kidnapped the NPC worker, we followed up on them, but it was too dangerous to strike because of the life of the kidnapped victim. We allowed the family to play along and N5m ransom was paid,” a police source said.

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The exhibits recovered from the suspects include one pump action riffle, one pistol, three cartridges and a car.

The state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, who confirmed the arrest, said community policing through information sharing between police and community members aided the arrest.