{"id":332389,"date":"2021-03-27T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T15:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=332389"},"modified":"2021-03-27T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T15:54:16","slug":"army-hands-over-suspected-kidnapper-to-police-in-calabar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=332389","title":{"rendered":"Army hands over suspected kidnapper to police in Calabar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-1561293\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\" wp_automatic_readability=\"64.07876230661\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1524394 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"army\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ArmyRemembrance1.jpg?w=775&amp;ssl=1 775w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ArmyRemembrance1.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ArmyRemembrance1.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ArmyRemembrance1.jpg?resize=58%2C33&amp;ssl=1 58w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ArmyRemembrance1.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ArmyRemembrance1.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1 200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ArmyRemembrance1.jpg?resize=640%2C359&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\"><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Army troops attached to the Cross River security outfit \u201cOperation Akpakwu\u201d handed over a suspected kidnapper to the Cross River Police Command in Calabar.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the event on Saturday, Brig. Gen. Abdullahi Mohammed, Brigade Commander 13 Brigade, said the 24-year-old suspect was arrested at Umoh Orok Street in Calabar-South.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Mohammed, who was represented by Maj. Stanley Ikpeme, said the suspect was arrested on March 10 and hails from Ibiono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, during preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to have lured his victim, one 18-year-old James Ade through social media from Ikom to Umoh Orok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect who hails from Ibiono in Akwa Ibom was arrested by troops attached to Operation Akpakwu in Calabar-South.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe lured his victim, one Mr James Ade from Ikom to Calabar where he and his accomplices, one Emmy Nice and one Aboki who are at large robbed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey further requested the victim to contact his family members to pay a ransom to secure his release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am directed to handover the suspect to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He however requested the Police Command to furnish the Army Headquarters with its outcome of investigation to enable them update their crime record. 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