Nigeria, April 11 -- Combined security operatives have arrested three men who often posed as kidnappers and threatened to abduct residents if they failed to pay ransom.

The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Friday that the suspects often issued threats to residents of communities in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.

Ihiala is among the local government areas that were worst hit by growing insecurity in Anambra State.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, identified the arrested suspects as Chimezie Ezebuo, Chinaza Ndimani, Chinecherem Okafor and Nzube Azubuike - all indigenes of Okohia, a community in Ihiala Council Area.

The spokesperson said the joint security team arrested the suspe...