The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who made this known in a statement in Awka, on Friday, said that the couple allegedly specialised in extorting money from unsuspecting citizens by sending them messages asking them to pay certain amount of money or get kidnapped or killed.
The Anambra State Police Command has said that a joint security force in the state has arrested a couple for alleged kidnapping attempts.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who made this known in a statement in Awka, on Friday, said that the couple allegedly specialised in extorting money from unsuspecting citizens by sending them messages asking them to pay certain amount of money or get kidnapped or killed.
Ikenga said that the couple identified as 36-year-old Mr Okoye Kingsley and his wife, Mrs Chidinma Okoye, aged 27 years from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state sent text messages and voice notes to unsuspecting members of the public threatening to kidnap them.
The police spokesperson said, “Given reports of text messages and voice notes received by unsuspecting members of the public on threats of abduction and kidnap, the Joint Security Force comprising the Police and AVG acting on technology-driven information in the early hours of today 29/11/2024 arrested a couple, one Mr Okoye Kingsley aged 36 years and Mrs Chidinma Okoye aged 27 years respectively in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State recovers phones and sim cards.
“The Couple specialises in sending threatening messages to people and demanding ransom or they shall be abducted or killed.
“They all confessed to the crime and admitted to destroying some of the sim cards which they had earlier used to commit the crimes.
“Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has directed the immediate transfer of the Case to the Anti-Kidnapping/Robbery Squad of the Command for comprehensive investigations while the accused persons shall be charged to court on conclusion of the investigations.”