The Anti Kidnapping unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested five persons over alleged attempt to kidnap a medical doctor working at the General Hospital Odi, Kolokuma/ Opukuma Local Government Area of the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Asimin Butswat, who disclosed this via a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa said the attempted kidnap occurred on Sept. 10.
According to him, credible intelligence revealed that some suspected kidnappers conspired among themselves, went to the doctors’ quarters at the General Hospital Odi, and attempted to kidnap the physician whose name was not given, but he was not home.
Butswat explained that on Sept, 16, at about 3p.m the anti kidnapping team, on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Mike Okoli, went to Odi town and arrested the five suspects.
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He said that the five-man gang, all in their early 20s, had confessed to the crime even as investigation was ongoing.
According to the PPRO, the suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.
