The abducted Anambra State Commissioner for public utilities, Mr Emeka Ezenwanne who was abducted on March 31, 2021, has regained his freedom.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Monday Bala Kuryas says five suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime, promising that the remaining gang members will be apprehended.
While reassuring the residents of their safety, the police chief in a statement on Sunday said the abducted Commissioner returned home unhurt.
The police authorities have arrested five suspects linked to the abduction of the Commissioner for Public Utilities in Anambra State, Engr Emeka Ezenwanne, and the murder of three police officers in the state.
Gunmen had on March 31 stormed a rally organised by ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo and gunned down three of his security aides, including policemen.
They also opened fire at the Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State where they whisked away the commissioner.
But in a statement issued on Sunday, the Anambra State Police Command, announced the arrest of the suspects, noting that efforts were in top gear to apprehend other fleeing suspects.
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has said that the state government did not pay any ransom for the release of the recently abducted Commissioner for Public Utilities in the state, Engr Emeka Ezenwanne.
Obiano, who made a state-wide broadcast on Sunday evening, added that no ransom was demanded by the abductors for the commissioner’s release.
Ezenwanne, who was kidnapped on Wednesday night during an attack on former CBN governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo was on Sunday morning freed by his abductors.
Obiano said, “I have chosen this moment to address the State since the unfortunate incident at Isuofia on the 31st of March 2021, wherein a town hall meeting involving Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo and youths of the town was disrupted by armed men, killing three policemen in the process.