Nigeria, March 3 -- The police in Anambra State have said some gunmen abducted a man and forced him to withdraw over N1 million from his bank account.

Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra State, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the incident happened in February.

He said apart from the N1 million forcefully withdrawn from the victim's account, the hoodlums also dispossessed the victim of his two mobile phones worth N820,000.

Mr Ikenga said the police operatives attached to the 3-3 Divisional Police Headquarters subsequently arrested the suspected kidnappers on 16 February.

The police spokesperson said the arrest of the suspects followed a tip-off on a kidnap attack in ...