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19 Year Old Girl Arrested In Imo State For Kidnapping & Robbery

Jul 23 , 2017 • By Talha Oladimeji

The Imo State Police Command has apprehended a 19 – year old girl , Chidimma Nwoke and a 40 – year – old bus driver with Peace Mass Transport Company , Samuel Nkemjika for allegedly taking part in kidnapping and armed robbery activities.

The state commissioner of police, Chris Ezike told our correspondent that the bus driver , an indigene of Bende Local Government Area in Abia State who used his bus in abducting his victims was arrested in Onitsha , Anambra State.

Nkemjika who confessed to the crime , said he got N200 , 000 from the N 2 m ransom which his gang made from their kidnap operations .

In another development , 19 – year – old girl, Nwoke , a native of Umuaka in Njaba Local Government Area of the state was nabbed by the operatives of the command together with her two male gang members .

Ezike disclosed that the gang was notorious and specialised in robbing motorcyclists and traders at gun point.

Ezike said that luck ran against the gang when they robbed a victim which forced the police to swing into action and arrested the three – man gang , immediately.

He said that the two motorcycles which the gang used in robbing their victims, one locally made shot gun with three live cartridges were recovered as exhibits from the gang .

Ezike asserted that his command had tightened all loopholes , adding that the major reshuffle he made at the command recently was yielding positive results.

The female robber said that she had got N 45 , 000 from her gang in five operations .

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