An eight year old boy who was kidnapped by hoodlums has been rescued by operatives of Imo Security Network, ISN, in collaboration with Imo Community Watch, ICW.
The boy (name withheld) has been reunited with his parents, while one of the kidnap suspects, who was nabbed by the security operatives, has been handed over to the police for investigation and possible prosecution.
The boy got missing after his aunt, Ngozi Enebili, pleaded with one Emeka, to escort the innocent boy to school, but he later absconded with the boy.
Emeka, who is now on the run, after disappearing with the little boy, handed him over to one Chinedu Ogbuka, claiming that the boy was related to him.
Three days after the boy got missing, the gang of kidnappers made contact with the boy’s mother, Mrs. Happiness Enebili, and demanded N350,000 as ransom.
“Armed with the criminal demand, the anguished parents of the little boy, who live at Mmahu, in Ohaji/Egbema local council area of Imo State, quickly contacted the Imo Security Network”, a villager that spoke on condition of anonymity, recounted.
The villager claimed Chinedu Ogbuka was nabbed as he allegedly went to collect the ransom placed at the designated point by the parents of the boy.
It was also gathered that soon after the hoodlums and the boy’s parents agreed that the ransom should be placed at a designated location at Orsu Obodo, operatives of the Imo Security Network laid ambush close to the ransom point and nabbed Chinedu Ogbuka as he made for the money.
The villager disclosed that as soon as the suspect was nabbed, he quickly gave information as to the whereabouts of the missing boy.
“The security operatives quickly stormed the hideout, freed the little boy and reunited him with members of his family, but the alleged mastermind of the kidnap saga, Emeka, disappeared”, the villager recounted.
