An alleged kidnap kingpin reported to have terrorised the commercial city of Aba and its environs was, Monday, arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the police from Aba, Abia State.
The man (names withheld) a native of Ohuru Amangwu in Obingwa Local Government of Abia State, was said to have been on the wanted list of the police over kidnapping and other related crimes, including the abduction of one Emenike Ihekwaba, a former Perma-nent Secretary in Imo State.
Ihekwaba, who was kidnapped in 2012, has not been seen to date and this was said to have prompted the Inspector General of Police’s Task Force on Heinous Crime, Abuja, to put him on their wanted list.
Consequently, the task force was said to have raided the home of the kidnap kingpin, who is said to be the prime minster of his community, but he managed to escape, abandoning his family and Lexus SUV.
Police picked up his wife, who led the team to the husband’s hotel at Amafor village, where those who were kidnapped the previous day were found blind-folded and kept under a palm tree.
