Police React To Alleged Kidnapping of 11 Travellers In Enugu

The police in Enugu State, Friday, said the report alleging that eleven people were kidnapped at the Amechi-Idodo area of the Enugu/Abakaliki highway is false.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe in a statement in Enugu said the report was not only mischievous, but aimed at creating panic.

“This stance is given the total contradiction and distortion of facts surrounding the incident of an attempted abduction along the said road, on July 16, 2024, around 6 p.m.

Ndukwe said, contrary to the misleading report, a Joint Security team, upon receipt of a distress call on the incident, moved to the Enugu/Ebonyi States border point along the Enugu/Abakaliki Expressway, on the said date and time and rescued thirteen occupants of a Nissan commercial bus.

He said three others, who scampered into nearby bushes upon the attack, are yet-to-be located.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, has ordered the sustenance of ongoing operations to locate and rescue the three (3) missing victims, and also hunt down the assailants.

He reassured commitment to sustain collaborative efforts with internal and neigbouring States’ security forces to ensure watertight security on major highways.

The CP further cautiond reporters and publishers to always verify their facts before going to press, to avoid misleading and creating panic in the minds of unsuspecting members of the public.