Police operatives from the Inland Town Division have recovered the vehicle of Justice Azuka, a State House of Assembly member representing Onitsha North Constituency.

Azuka was kidnapped on December 24 by unidentified individuals while returning home on Ugwunapampa Road, Onitsha, amidst an ongoing intensive operation.

The separate rescue team sighted the abandoned vehicle at Upper Iweka Road.

The state police command spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed this development, said the state Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has charged the deployed rescue team to intensify efforts for the possible rescue of the Honourable member.