The Police in Enugu State have rescued a Filipino lady, who searched for love to Nigeria, from the hands of her abductor, one Chukwudi Odo.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Filipino lady, identified as Irene Torento Panas, was rescued by police operatives attached to the Unity Police Division, Ibegwa Nike in Enugu.
Irene, 40-year-old, was rescued six months after she arrived in Nigeria from the Philippines in an apparent but unsuccessful search for love.
According to findings, the Filipino lady, who arrived in Nigeria on November 22, 2019, is an accountant by profession and a native of Manila in the Philippines.
She met 54-year-old Odo, who is from Enugu Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu, on Facebook on 8th March, 2017.
The visit which was originally intended to be for 10-days, however, turned out to be a full case of abduction following Odo’s refusal to allow her return to her country against her will.
She was held incommunicado by the suspect, Odo, and was critically ill at the time of rescue, TNG learnt.
The Police have arrested the suspect in a raid led by the DPO, SP Siga Malgwi, following a tip-off from some members of the public in the area.
Irene was immediately taken to the hospital for medical attention where she was admitted from 5th June to 16th June.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, Odo deliberately lured the victim into the country with the aim of confining her, sexually abusing, and extorting money from her.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M. A. Adamu has advised on a more cautious use of social media by members of the public.
The IGP, while enjoining members of the public to tread cautiously in their use of the social media, warned against any abuse of the cyberspace noting that such criminal acts will not go undetected and unpunished by the Force.
Meanwhile, the Force said it was already in contact with the Embassy of the Philippines in Nigeria so as to reunite the victim with members of her family.