Policemen from the Aba Area Command, Abia state have rescued a kidnapped business woman, Joy Okoronkwo, from the hands of her abductors.
247ureports.com gathered that Okoronkwo was abandoned in a bush along the Obikabia road around 5pm by the kidnappers as the police closed in on them.
A police source who preferred anonymity hunted that the kidnappers were traced to their hideout by the police after their location was discovered through the tracking device system.
A combined team of police officers from the Aba Area Command led by renowned crime fighter, Anari Anari , an Assistant Superintendent of Police, were said to have cordoned the area and launched an assault on them which caused the kidnappers to flee the area, abandoning their victim in the bush.
It would be recalled that Okoronkwo a trader at the Aba Shopping Plaza, was kidnapped at the weekend in company of her husband as they made to drive into their compound at No.4 Dennis road, Ogbor Hill, Aba, by three armed men operating in a dark blue Toyota Camry car.
A resident of the area said that the armed men shot sporadically into the air before whisking her away to an unknown destination.
Contacted on phone, Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna said he was yet to be briefed about the woman’s release, but a senior police officer at the Aba Area Command confirmed the development said the woman has since been reunited with her family.
