The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police,Emmanuel Ojukwu has said four persons have been arrested in connection with the abduction of four journalists.
The journalists, Wahab Oba, Lagos State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalist, Zone G Secretary, Adolphous Okonkwo, Assistant Secretary, Sylva Okereke, Shola Oyeyipo and their driver Azeez Abdulrauf, were abducted at Ukpabiri in Abia on July 11.
They were rescued on July 18 by the police in Obioma Ngwa Local Government in Abia after a week in captivity.
Ojukwu said in Port Harcourt that the police arrested the four suspects in an operation to rescue the kidnapped journalists.
According to him,more than 600 persons have been arrested for kidnapping in different parts of the country and that the strike by the courts delayed their prosecution.
He said some of the kidnappers had been charged to court and their cases were ongoing.
The force spokesman said ahead of next year’s election, the police had commenced training of its personnel and would re-train them to meet the challenges of the election.
He said the recent visit of the Inspector-General of Police to the South-East zone was to sensitise the communities, traditional rulers and other stakeholders on their role in crime fighting and criminality.
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