The Imo state police command, has arrested three suspected kidnappers of the wife of the traditional ruler of Nkwumeto autonomous community, Imo state, Eze Basil Nwokeke.

The suspected kidnappers were caught while trying to negotiate ransom with the family of the monarch.

This was made in a statement by the  state police public relations officer (PPRO), Joy Elemoko, yesterday, stating that the rumors of the abductors still being on the lose were untrue.

Leadership  reports:

According to the statement, three of the five suspects were arrested 48 hours after the incident, while one was killed during a shootout with the police and the fifth suspect, whose name was given as Chizuru Nwagbisi, escaped.

“Contrary to reports in some quarters that the suspected gunmen who kidnapped the wife of His Royal Highness, Eze Basil Nwokeke, were yet to be arrested, the Imo police command wants to state that within 48 hours of the incident, the principal suspects were traced to their hideouts and arrested,” the statement read in part.

The fifth suspect, Nwagbisi popularly known as “Point one” who escaped arrest has been warned to turn himself in at the nearest police station, while members of the public have been urged to volunteer credible information that will lead to his arrest.