The Ebonyi State Police Command, on Friday, paraded thirteen suspects including a gang of kidnappers who abducted one Monday Oke who runs a hotel in Abakaliki.
The gang of kidnappers which includes a final year student in the Department of Sociology, Ebonyi State University took their victim to Azugwu in Abakaliki where they shot him from behind and dumped his body into Ebonyi river.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Loveth Oda who paraded the suspects at the Police Headquarters Abakaliki told newsmen that they were arrested in Nsukka Enugu State following forensic investigations.
She stated that the suspected kidnappers transferred over five million Naira from their victim’s Bank Account into their personal accounts through his phone and robbed him of all his belongings.
Other suspects were arrested for armed robbery and cult related gun attacks in Ohaukwu Local Government Area which left two persons dead.
All the suspects confessed to the crime while the Police image maker said they would be arraigned in court.
