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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The Anambra State Police Command has rescued a 13-year-old Anayo Stephen from Ubaha-Akpalu in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, who was said to have been kidnapped while on an errand, fetching food for their goat.
Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement he released to newsmen in Owerri on Monday, narrated that the teenager was lucky to have escaped from his captors in a bush where he was held captive.
Ikenga said, “The young boy was allegedly abducted in Imo State but was found at Ideani Junction in Anambra State.
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“According to the boy, on 9th August 2025, at about 3.00 p.m., while on his way to fetch grass for goats, four young men in a Hilux vehicle stopped him. They initially asked him for directions to a certain place in his area. However, unknown to him, they allegedly abducted him and took him to an undisclosed location.
“The boy further stated that while his captors were asleep with him in the bush, he managed to escape. While walking away from the scene, he met the vigilante operatives at Ideani Junction and narrated his ordeal.”
Ikenga has, however, called on members of the public and the media to share his picture for possible identification and to reunite him with his family.
