The Special Force Squad of the Nigerian Navy Base, Onitsha, has stormed the Ochan forest, Anambra State base of kidnappers, arrested five suspected kidnappers, and killed over 10 suspects.
The suspects arrested were paraded the naval base in Onitsha on Friday.
The leader of the naval team, Suleiman Agabi, said the command acted on intelligence gathered and stormed the kidnappers’ hideouts at about 1:20 am on Friday.
Some of the suspects reportedly got away in the ensuing gunfire.
Agabi disclosed that the suspected kidnappers were the masterminds behind the abduction of the traditional ruler of Ogwaniocha community in Anambra State, Igwe Oliver Nnaji, who was kidnapped on November 15, 2021.
He said the suspects had confessed to the abduction of the monarch.
