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A resident living near the Ifite-Amansea-Awka Road recounted a harrowing experience, describing how gunmen kidnapped two victims in the area. The resident revealed that shortly after the gunmen seized an SUV, they surprisingly returned to the same location and abducted a man from his car without encountering any resistance.
The resident described the scene as terrifying, recounting how the hooded gunmen suddenly appeared, blocking the path of an SUV with their vehicle. They then fired shots into the air, prompting the occupants to exit their vehicle in fear. The gunmen swiftly commandeered the occupants, forcing them into their own waiting vehicle, which sped away swiftly, leaving the abandoned SUV behind.
As reported by The Punch News on Monday, the resident said, "It was a scary scene to behold. The hooded gunmen double-crossed the occupants of an SUV vehicle, shot into the air, and ordered them out and into their waiting vehicle, after which they immediately zoomed off. They left the SUV."
He continued, "Shortly after the incident, the assailants returned to the same area and abducted a man from his car, a Lexus 350. The men picked their victim without a challenge, and unlike the first incident where they shot in the air to instill fear among the people of the area, this time, they leisurely drove away after picking the victim.”
The Anambra State police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said, "Efforts are ongoing to arrest the assailants and rescue the victims of the abduction incidents on Saturday captured in a video along Ifite-Amansea Road, Awka."