Family of kidnapped victim hails police, Enugu government for prompt action

The family of a kidnapped victim, the Azodo family from Anambra state, has commended the Nigeria Police, Anti-Kidnap Squad for prompt rescue of their kidnapped relation, 16- year old Chidera Azodo.

The happy family also commended the Enugu state government whose security gadgets helped in tracking the kidnappers and making the rescue operation easier.

Addressing newsmen on behalf of the Azodo family on Friday ,Mr. Ifeanyi Azodo, Nollywood actor, producer and director narrated how Chidera was abducted around 10.30 am on Thursday when he went to somewhere in Asata to buy something and was forced with a knife to enter a tricycle aka Keke and whisked away to a guest house in Abakpa Nike.

He said that around 11 am, his brother, Tagbo Azodo called him to tell him that his son had been kidnapped and the kidnappers were demanding N5 million ransom.

He said Mr. Tagbo told him that immediately the kidnappers contacted him and made their outrageous demand which they later reduced to N3 million, he called Government House, Enugu that informed him that the boy is being held at a guest house at Abakpa.

According to him, his brother went further to call on the Anti-Kidnap Squad of the Police who corroborated the Government House that the boy is being held at a guest house in Abakpa area and mentioned a particular place.

“Immediately my brother called me, I came down from Anambra State and met him at the Anti-Kidnap office.  They left us there around 4pm and within two hours, they came back and there was jubilation everywhere.  When we enquired, they told us that one of the kidnappers has been caught and that my cousin has been rescued.

“I was overwhelmed, in short  I was flabbergasted.  So, to be honest, in my state where I came from such a thing never happened that fast.

“They told us that Oga at the top doesn’t waste time when it comes to kidnapping.  I saw and I believed.  I give kudos to the Enugu State Government and the Enugu State Police Command,” he said.

Azodo said that the swift action of the police has made him to believe that police is indeed our friend and commended the Enugu State Government that mounted security gadgets that could detect crime in any nook and cranny of the metropolis.

He however urged the police to make haste and arrest the other  fleeing kidnappers, “because if they are not caught, the case has not ended,” he said.