Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Tactical Team in Akwa Ibom State have arrested a youth leader, Eddy Etim Onuka, and four members of his gang for alleged kidnapping and murder in the state.
Spokesperson of the command, Odiko Macdon, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Saturday in Ikot Akpana-Abia, said that Onuka, a native of Oron LGA and youth leader of the Rice Miller Association, Oron, masterminded two kidnap incidents.
The PPRO said one of the incidents which involved one Emmanuel whom they shot while he was trying to resist them.
“This is a clear case of kidnapping and it is a very unfortunate one. They went to abduct one Mr Emmanuel who sells engine parts and when they got there, the man resisted the kidnap and they shot him. By the grace of God, the Special Tactical Team of IGP moved in and effected arrest. This was the first incident,” he stated.
“The second incident, the same Eddy led members of the same kidnapping syndicate who succeeded this time around in abducting one Aniekan and collected over N20 million from him as ransom
“He (Eddy) got N1.2 million which he used in buying another car. His vehicle was used in committing the crime. They confessed to the fact that they used AK-47 in that particular operation,” he added.
