Olusegun Ariyo
Abia State Police Command has disclosed how its tactical team decimated a kidnapping gang in the State, neutralised five suspects and recovered six AK-47 rifles from the gang.
This was made known by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, on Monday, 4th August 2025.
She said the joint tactical teams of the Command stormed a kidnapper’s den located at Umuiku Obete village in Ukwa West LGA, linked to a series of kidnappings in the area.
The statement read in part: “Upon sighting the operatives, the notorious gang engaged the police in a gun battle.
“Unable to withstand the superior firepower of the police, five members of the gang were neutralised during the encounter while six AK-47 rifles, 335 rounds of live ammunition, fourteen magazines, five handsets, three cutlasses, five operational jackets, one axe, one boot, and one polo charm were recovered”
DSP Chinaka said that the investigation was ongoing to track and apprehend other fleeing suspects of the gang and urged the Abia public to report any person with gunshot wounds to the nearest police station or available emergency phone lines.
