Police arrest suspected kidnappers of Nollywood actress

The Imo State Police Command, on Monday, disclosed that it has arrested four suspects, who played key roles in the abduction of Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to the Imo State Governor on Public Affairs, Nkiru Sylvanus.

The state Commissioner of Police, Adisa Bolanta, who made the disclosure at the police headquarters, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, said the state is now a graveyard for kidnappers and criminals.

The command paraded 20 other suspects who were arrested over various crimes ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping and arson.


Also paraded were four suspects who kidnapped the four year old daughter of the publicity secretary of the Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Blyden Amajirionwu.
While parading the suspects Bolanta said three teams of police operatives carried out a serious man hunt for Nkiru’s kidnappers and eventually arrested the four suspects, Okoro basil, Stella Opara, Festus Olegeme and Chijioke Chima at their hideout at Imerienwe in Ngor Okpalla LGA.

He said the suspects in their separate statements had confessed to the crime, adding that they implicated Chinedu Okoro alias Mopol, Ifeanyi Onyekwe alias Alaye, Ezekwem Onyekwe and Ifeanyi (surname held) as the main kidnappers of the Nollywood actress.


The Nation