Two students stage own kidnapping in Anambra

Anambra map

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects for their involvement in a self-orchestrated kidnap and a foiled extortion attempt in the state.

The two suspects, whose names were given as Chinecherem Okonkwo (female), a 28-year-old female student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, and Chinecherem Aronu (male), age 30 years, were said to have masterminded their own kidnapping and used an unknown voice to demand a ransom of N10 million from the family.

This was disclosed in a press statement released on Monday by the spokesman for the Anambra State police, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.

Ikenga said operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, acting on an intelligence-led investigation of a disturbing report of the alleged abduction of a female student, arrested the suspects at a lodge located at UNIZIK Temp Site, Awka.

The statement said, “The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects involved in a self-orchestrated kidnap incident designed to extort money from the victim’s own family.

“The suspects are Chinecherem Okonkwo ‘f’ age 28years old and Chinecherem Aronu ‘m’ age 30years old

“Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad acting on an intelligence-led investigation of a disturbing report of alleged abduction of Chinecherem Nwaokoye, a female student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), stormed a lodge located at UNIZIK Temp Site, Awka, where the victim was found alive and in the company of her male accomplice. Punch