By Kamsi Anayo
Anambra Police Command has finally arrested a kidnap kingpin who has been on the run since 2015 when he was declared wanted.
The suspect whose names were given as Mathew Edozieuno Nwankwo was a member of a notorious kidnap gang that had been terrorizing the state during the regime of Governor Willie Obiano.
The Network gathered that he fled the state when his gang members were arrested.
Nwankwo later reappeared in the state with the impression that since the regime of Obiano has passed, he was safe.
But the State Police Command arrested him at his country home of Nteje in Oyi local government area on Tuesday.
Recall that his house was demolished alongside those of his gang members at Nteje and Umueri respectively while he was on the run .
According to the leader of the team that carried out the demolition, Asst Police Commissioner Joseph Agugoesi, other members of the gang are Mr Solomon Chi’buzor Morah aka Mmili and Hyacinth Chibudu whose houses were also demolished.
He further noted that the gang members collected ransom to the tune of about N70 million from their victims before they were arrested.
Confirming the arrest of Mathew Nwankwo, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga said that the suspect is in police custody adding that further investigations are still ongoing.
Ikenga also said that it would be too hasty to make public the preliminary findings in order not to jeopardize the ongoing investigation.
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