Kidnap of Pa Soludo: Police invite Soludo

Sylvanus Eze, Awka - 03.11.2009

ANAMBRA State police command has invited Professor Chukwuma Soludo, following the statement said to have been made by Chief Chris Uba, who reported to the office of state Commissioner of Police in Awka, on Monday.

The commissioner, Mr. Philamon Leha, who spoke with newsmen after he had met with Chief Uba and 23 other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains in his office, said they got useful information from them and promised to invite them again, should there be any incriminating fact from their statements.

He said the kidnappers had reduced the ransom for the kidnapped father of Professor Soludo to N200 million from the initial N500 million, adding that up till now, they had not arrested anybody in connection with the kidnap.

Mr. Leha said the invitation of Professor Soludo, who reported the case to the police, would help the command to clear certain things that would help them in their investigations.

Chief Uba,who spoke with newsmen as he was coming out from the commissioner’s office, said he was not invited to the police in connection with Pa Soludo’s kidnap, but for the outcome of the meeting they had at Emmaus House in Awka, the day Pa Soludo was kidnapped.

On whether they said anything derogatory against Professor Soludo during the meeting, he said no, adding that he was supprised to be invited on that regard and added that they had surrendered video clips of what they did in the meeting to help the police in their investigations.