Anambra State Police Command has begun the search for kidnappers that abducted no fewer than three persons at different locations in the state and also to rescue the victims.

According to some videos circulating on social media, one of the abductions occured at Ifite-Amansea-Awka Road in Awka North Local Government Area on Saturday afternoon while the other one occured along the Agulu-Oraukwu Road in Anaocha LG on Saturday evening.

In the video, two yet-to-be-identified occupants of a Sports Utility Vehicle were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday afternoon at the Ifite-Amansea-Awka, close to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University’s second gate, while one yet-to-be-identified person was taken away by another set of gunmen along the Agulu-Oraukwu Road.

Reacting to the development in a statement on Sunday, the Anambra State police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said after studying the videos, the police responding team recovered victims’ vehicles and placed joint security measures and operational positioning to forestall such or related incident in the State.

Ikenga said manhunt and rescue operations are still ongoing in the localities to rescue victims and arrest the assailants as directed by the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam.