The spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Moses Yamu, on Saturday mentioned that 16 passengers kidnapped alongside Benin-Auchi Highway on Friday have been rescued.
A video on Saturday morning confirmed an empty Edoline bus and a Toyota Corolla automobile with the narrator, a male, saying that kidnappers had taken about 18 individuals into the bush.
The narrator famous that the kidnapping had simply occurred, and the police have been additionally noticed on the scene of the incident, apparently launching a rescue operation.
The video additionally confirmed a number of vehicles and heavy-duty automobiles parked alongside the highway because the drivers weren’t positive whether or not to proceed their journey.
Nonetheless, the narrator, who had left the scene, inspired them to proceed because the police have been already on the scene of the incident.
It was gathered that the victims within the Edoline bus have been on their method to Abuja once they have been pressured into the bush by the abductors earlier than males of the Nigerian Police Power got here.
When contacted on Saturday, Yamu confirmed that 16 of the victims have been rescued to date.
He was, nonetheless, silent on the variety of individuals kidnapped.
He mentioned that police have intensified the search and rescue operation in collaboration with native vigilantes and hunters to make sure the discharge of the opposite passengers within the kidnapper’s den.
He mentioned, “The kidnapping befell on Friday at about 16:30 hrs. Sixteen of the victims have been rescued to date, because the search and rescue operation by the command in collaboration with vigilantes and hunters continues.”
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