DELTAState Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, has described
as a “mirage” the escape of Anambra State-born kidnap kingpin,
identified simply as Ifeanyi, from police cell, two weeks ago.
An Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP and four other police
officers alleged to have aided his escape from the custody of the Police
Anti-Kidnapping Squad in Asaba have been cooling off in detention since
May 19.
Aduba, who spoke in a Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, DeltaState, Showtime programme in Asaba, said police were still investigating the bizarre incident.
Meantime, some politicians in the state have mounted pressure on the
Anti-Kidnapping Squad to release the chairman of a vigilance group in
Ndokwa area arrested over a week ago, for allegedly acting as an
undercover agent for suspected kidnappers.
A police officer told Vanguard: “The vigilante chairman was
fingered by suspected kidnappers in our custody as the person who was
providing them information on the location and movement of security
agents in the area as well as tips on lucrative victims.”
A former chairman of a local government council in the state were
among those said to be piling pressure on the police to release the
suspect, said to have helped some politicians to power with his violent
ways.
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