Abducted Enugu State Perm Sec regains freedom – Police

Seun Adeyeye 21:30 - 27 August 2019

Enugun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu (NAN)

The Enugu State Police Command says the abducted Permanent Secretary in State Ministry of Lands, Mr Augustine Udeh, has regained freedom on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, made this known in a statement to newsmen in Enugu.

Amaraizu revealed that the abductors bowed to pressure mounted as a result of joint operations of security operatives leading to letting the perm. sec. off the hook.

“Udeh was allegedly abducted on Aug. 25 along Ituku-Awgu axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.

“Following his abduction, security operatives had been on the trail until today, Aug. 27,’’ the police spokesman said.

ALSO READ: "IPOB has nothing to do with President Buhari in Japan" Presidency denies protest rumor

The police spokesman said that manhunt was still on towards unmasking his abductors who hurriedly left him off the hook as security operatives were closing-in on them, adding that they absconded to avoid being nabbed at Ogbaku forest.

“A full scale investigation has been intensified into the incident,’’ he added.