The Enugu State Police Command has responded to a viral video depicting two women reportedly rescued from a hotel room in Enugu, where they were restrained in an effort to harvest their organs by two young men.
In a statement issued, the spokesperson of the command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated that the Command wishes to clarify that, contrary to the misleading account of the incident, initial investigations revealed a case of extortion and fraud, not murder or the illegal harvesting of human organs or body parts as claimed.
‘’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 apprehend and bring the fleeing suspects to justice 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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