RIVERS: Police rescue abducted corps members, 2 others

Six kidnap victims, including four corps members, on Sunday were rescued by the Rivers State Police Command after their abduction in Emohua area of the East-West Road.

The corps members and two other victims were said to be travelling from Lagos to Port Harcourt when the vehicle they boarded was stopped and the six of them were whisked away into a forest in Evekwu, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The victims were said to have been abducted last week and had been in captivity for some days before they eventually regained their freedom.

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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, said in a statement that the operation that led to the rescue of the corps members was led by the Divisional Police Officer of the Rumuji Police Station, Ademola Adebayo.

Omoni explained that the victims were rescued unhurt and had since been debriefed and ready to be reunited with their families.

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