By Jethro Ibileke
Operatives of the Edo State Security Corps have arrested three persons for alleged attempted kidnapping.
The suspects, Asene Ogah (49), Ibhafidon Eric (29) and Ekpu Godfrey (44), were arrested at their various homes in Uromi, Esan North East Local Governments Area of the State.
The Commander of the Corps, Mr. Friday Ibadin (retired CP), in a statement in Benin, disclosed that the suspects were arrested following a distress call one Mrs. Rita Ufuha.
“We have had a series of complaints from Esan land about frequent kidnapping and other forms of criminality in the areas.
“Following these complaints, men were mobilized to embark on patrol and bush-combing of the area three days ago.
“On our way to Esan land, exactly at Ugoneki, in Uhunmwonde Local Governments Area, when I got a distress call from a lady who identified herself as Mrs Rita Ufuha, who cried for help as kidnappers were in her house to kidnap her.
“She spoke to us from her hiding place in Uromi. We drove down and rescued her, put her in our vehicle. She said she knows [the victims] and she took us to their various houses at night to pick three of the seven that came to her place to kidnap her,” the statement said.
Ibadin added that the suspects will be handed over to the police for further investigation.