…2-year-old baby kidnapped, abandoned over persistent cry

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Written by Bashiru Abdullahi, Port Harcourt Wednesday, 07 December 2011 05:06
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Two suspected kidnappers belonging to a gang of four, who allegedly abducted their neighbour’s 2-year-old baby girl, Rejoice Aradu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, demanding a ransom of N10 million had confessed to have abandoned her because she was seriously crying, the police command has said yesterday.


The Rivers State Commissioner of police, Suleiman Abba, in a report, made available to Daily Trust, said the four arrested suspects, who conspired and abducted the 2-year-old girl on the 30th of November, on interrogation, told the police that they were forced to drop the baby not because the N10 million ransom demanded was paid but because the baby was persistently crying.



The Police Commissioner further explained that a team of Anti Robbery team arrested the gang of four suspects on 3rd November.

In a related development, the commissioner said two suspected kidnappers were also arrested in a separate incidents and three of their victims, one Chidi Agu and Chinedu Onwumereulor both residing at Psychiatric Hospital road Port Harcourt, who were kidnapped at the weekend, while they were returning from an end of year club meeting were also rescued Monday night following a tip off that led to the raiding of the hotloom’s hide out by the police.

He added that another victim who was hiding away from the hoodlums was also traced and rescued, pointing out that the suspects were making useful statements to the police and those efforts were being intensified toward arresting the fleeing member of the gang.



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