Mr Charles Muka, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said this while speaking with newsmen in Asaba.
He said that the police made the arrest, in conjunction with a group of vigilantes in Obumkpa around 10 a.m. on Friday.
Muka said that the Issele-Uku Divisional Police Office received a tip-off that the suspected kidnappers were planning to kidnap a retired school principal, Mr Frank Ebokama, at Obumkpa.
He said that the officers and men of the police divisional office promptly responded to the information and they pursued the suspected kidnappers to a nearby bush.
Muka said that the joint efforts of the police and the vigilantes led to the arrest of the three suspects.
The police spokesman said that one locally made pistol was seized from the suspects.
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