The
Enugu State Police Command has reacted to a viral video showing two ladies
alleged to have been rescued from a hotel room in Enugu, where they were tied
up in an attempt to harvest their organs by two young men.
In a
statement released, the spokesperson of the command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said
the Command, therefore, wishes to state that, contrary to the misleading
narrative on the incident, preliminary investigation showed a case of demanding
money with menaces and fraud, and not murder or human organs or parts
harvesting as being peddled.
‘’Further revealed is that the ladies,
operating as commercial sex workers, made out with the young men on July 3,
2024, in a hotel (names withheld) along Agbani Road, Enugu. They had another
appointment the following day and met the suspects in the hotel where the
incident occurred.
At the
hotel, the suspects beat and tied up the girls in the hotel's room toilet after
menacingly demanding and obtaining their phones and account details, including
their Personal Identification Numbers (PINs). They surreptitiously found their
way out of the hotel before the victims were rescued, as seen in the video.
They further fraudulently withdrew a cumulative sum of one hundred and twenty
thousand (₦120,000.00) from the victims' accounts.''
Ndukwe
added that a bag containing two (2) kitchen knives and sportswear the suspects
left behind had been recovered, while an intelligence-guided investigation to
fish out and bring the fleeing suspects to book is ongoing.
‘’Consequently, owners and managers of hotels
have been advised to exercise the highest standards of security alertness and
ensure that lodgers are properly screened, and their verifiable details
obtained before being accommodated. Moreover, young ladies have been cautioned
against going out with unknown persons, particularly males, under any guise to
avoid falling prey to similar criminals and their activities.'' Ndukwe warned.
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