The Nigerian Army says its troops have arrested the suspected commander of a kidnap syndicate in a forest in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east.
The spokesman of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Olabisi Ayeni, said in a statement on Monday that the troops also recovered weapons and some money, including $1,000 from the suspect.
Mr Ayeni, a lieutenant colonel, said the suspect was arrested during “a coordinated intelligence-led operation” in the forest located in Gariki General Area of Enugu State.
He said the operation followed sustained efforts to dismantle the criminal syndicate responsible for the abduction of a seminarian and a worshipper in a Catholic Church in Udi Local Government Area on 2 August.
“The arrest followed an earlier operation in which troops neutralised one member of the syndicate and apprehended another.
