The police in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east, say they have arrested 12 kidnappers who separately collected $98 million and N30.5 million ransoms and then killed a female victim in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Bitrus Giwa, disclosed this during a press briefing and parade of the suspects at the State Police Headquarters on Friday.
Mr Giwa said the kidnappers were arrested through “human and technical intelligence-led operations conducted in different parts of the country.”
The commissioner said the suspects were arrested on various dates in June, July and August 2026 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Enugu, Kogi, Nasarawa, Rivers, Kwara and Taraba States.
“Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspects are members of an organised criminal network operating from different parts of the country.
