By Adadareporters
A medical doctor working for the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla in Enugu State, who was abducted in the hospital premises has been rescued.
Police operatives serving at Ozalla Police Division of the Enugu State Command, assisted by the neighbourhood watch group and Nkanu West special vigilantes, rescued him, the state police commissioner, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, announced on Tuesday while parading 53 suspects arrested for various offences in the state.
He said, “The medical doctor was rescued in a forest between Udi and Akaegbe-Ugwu communities. The victim was reported to have been abducted from the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, by yet-to-be identified hoodlums, at about 7.30 p.m. of November 4, 2023.
“The rescue is due to the prompt response of the operatives to a distress call on the incident. Preliminary investigation reveals that the hoodlums gained entrance into the teaching hospital through its back end, which is unfenced, porous and leading into a forest.”
In another development, the command through its operatives serving in Octopus Tactical Squad, has arrested a suspected kidnapper who demanded a ransom of ten million naira (N10,000,000.00) before two male victims they kidnapped would be released.
The CP said, “Upon receipt of the report, the operatives, acting on intelligence, swung into action and arrested the suspect in Abakpa, Enugu; and also rescued the victims unhurt. Meanwhile, the ransom of five hundred thousand naira (N500,000.00) earlier paid to the suspects has been recovered, while discreet investigations are ongoing.”
