By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
Despite Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state huge successes registered so far through the launch of Operation Udo Ga Achi, and a security outfit, Agunechemba, Kidnappers seems to have returned to the state.
Though several suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the security outfit, and many native doctors who prepare charms for them have also been arrested, with many fleeing, kidnap activities have not subsided.
The latest kidnap happened on Friday night around 9pm, along Nsugbe–Nneyi Umuleri in Anambra East Local Government Area of tye the state.
In the incident, a man named Dona Ayakalor was abducted alongside his friends, about three in number and taken into their camp, where the gang is asking for ransom, before they can be freed.
A video of the incident which surfaced on social media showed a period where the kidnappers shot one of the victims foot, breaking his ankle, maybe as a means to show their seriousness to compel their relatives to pay ransom.
The victims who was seen in the video wailing and almost hugging another victim in pain, while the other victim was pictured in the video making a frantic phone call and begging a suspected relative to mobilize funds for his release.
What is even more worrisome was that the incident happened in Anambra North senatorial zone, an area that has been known to be relatively quiet.
When our reporter reached out to the police spokesperson for the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, for reaction, he was not available online
As at the time of filing this report, he was yet to get back with reaction on the incident.
The new commissioner of police in Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu has recently celebrated one month of zero kidnap in the state, but this incident seems to have put a dent to the record.
