ETIM EFFIONG
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has stormed a kidnappers’ den in Mbiaso community of Nsit Ibom Local Government Area and exhumed the corpse of a kidnapped victim, one Onyeka Ezewulu, buried in a shallow grave.
The police also killed three kidnappers, who engaged them in a gun battle.
It was learnt that the deceased, from Okija, Anambra State, was shot by the hoodlums after attempting to run away when they (kidnappers) stormed his residence along Idoro Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom
State in order to kidnap him.
It was further gathered that the victim, who recently returned from
China, was whisked away in the kidnappers’ Toyota Camry car but died a day after in the kidnappers’ hideout after losing so much blood from bullet wounds.
It was learnt that the kidnappers, despite knowing fully well that
their victim had died, still went ahead to collect N2 million as
ransom from his family.
The police, however, said that the kidnappers’ hideout and shallow
grave were discovered following detailed investigation led by one CSP
Julian Igbodu.
The Tactical Team, it was learnt, was accompanied by two pathologists
from the police and the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, who conducted an autopsy on the deceased body, before the corpse was handed over to the family members for burial.
Meanwhile, a female member of the gang, identified as Deborah Sunday,
who assisted the police to locate their hideout, told newsmen that
three other gang members had on March 5, 2021 ambushed and kidnapped Ezewulu along Idoro Road.