24-year-old nabbed for kidnapping friend, collecting ransom in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old suspect, Muanaenye Chekwube Victor, male, for luring his friend to be kidnapped by his criminal gang.

Our correspondent gathered that the suspect planned the kidnapping and collected a ransom in dollar equivalent of N5.3m with his gang members before the victim was released.

The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a press statement on Sunday, said police operatives attached to the Uli Divisional Headquarters arrested the suspect on Friday.

Ikenga said the suspect, who is now cooperating with the police by providing information to help apprehend his accomplices, will face prosecution after the investigation.

The statement read in part, “Police operatives attached to the Uli Divisional Police Headquarters on the evening of June 26, 2025, exposed and arrested one Muanaenye Chekwube Victor, ‘M’, aged 24 years, over a reported case of kidnapping.

“The case, which is under investigation revealed that the suspect planned the kidnapping and collected a ransom in dollars equivalent of N5.3m with his gang members before the victim was released.

“The suspect during interrogation confessed to having planned the kidnapping plot by luring his friend to escort him to see another friend. Victor and his criminal gang allegedly abducted their friend and to avoid suspicion pretended to have been kidnapped by his criminal gang.