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ONDO: Unknown gunmen kidnap 5 passengers heading to Abuja
A Toyota Highlander heading for Abuja was hijacked by a group of gunmen along Oba Akoko, in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, who kidnapped five passengers in the process last Friday.
However, Mr. Femi Joseph Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command delivered some cheering news when he revealed that it rescued three of the kidnap victims on Saturday- a day after they were abducted.
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The State PPRO who said efforts were underway to rescue two other victims of the kidnap incident also informed that a couple who were kidnapped last week at Akunnu town, in the Akoko North-East area of the state have also been freed from the captivity of their abductors.
The PPRO said; “We were able to rescue Moses Yakubu and Mark Shaibu, who were kidnapped while going for a wedding last week.
“We also rescued three female, who were kidnapped last Friday on their way to Abuja. Efforts are ongoing to rescue the remaining victims. We are gradually closing in on the kidnappers. We are going to get them very soon.”
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Abeni Adebisi
September 18, 2017 at 9:53 pm
The federal government of Nigeria should deal with kidnapping from a very harsh angle, people need to start walking freely on the streets without fear of being kidnapped.
Animashaun Ayodeji
September 18, 2017 at 9:58 pm
We also have roles to play as citizens, we cannot always put all the loads on the government. If you see anything suspicious, be quick to report to the police. It is better to be wrong than to fall victim.
Animashaun Ayodeji
September 18, 2017 at 9:56 pm
All state should please brace up their security systems, school pupils just resumed, it is too early to start reading about how people were kidnapped in the news.
Anita Kingsley
September 18, 2017 at 10:04 pm
The Nigerian police are trying, but they need to get more serious and keep trying harder so that kidnapping can be reduced to zero level in Nigeria.
Balarabe musa
September 19, 2017 at 5:16 am
Get more serious in what capacity or what sense? That’s a blind comment
yanju omotodun
September 19, 2017 at 3:38 am
May God clampdown on these kidnappers soonest, kidnapping has now become a prevalent crime in Nigeria.
seyi jelili
September 19, 2017 at 5:24 am
Evidences of failing birth high level of crimes ,so for kidnapping to be curbed, the government needs to be more responsive to the needs of citizens especially in the area of providing good jobs for the unemployed because devil makes work for idle minds