Police, Vigilantes, Hunters Rescue 4 Abductees In Kwara
- Say two travellers still missing
The Kwara Police Command have confirmed rescuing four of the six travellers allegedly abducted by gunmen on Monday night in Kwara state.
Numbering about five, reports said the gunmen ambushed and attacked the vehicle conveying the victims around Obo-Ile/Osi road, Ekiti local government area of the state around 11.15 pm on that fateful day.
Police reports indicate that luckily four of the victims, who were on board the Hummer Bus with registration number Kuje613AA have so far regained their freedom.
According to the Kwara Police spokesperson, Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the incident, “information regarding the kidnap of six occupants of a Hummer bus by five armed hoodlums was received today August 16th, 2022.”
He further said; “On receipt of the information, detachments of conventional policemen, tactical teams, vigilantes, and hunters were immediately dispatched to the area for possible search, rescue, and arrest of the suspects.
“Consequently, the victims’ vehicle, loaded with foodstuff was found abandoned, inside of which was recovered an empty shell of 7.62mm ammunition.
“The intensity of the pressure during the search and rescue efforts led to the abandoning of four of the abductees who have now been rescued and presently with the police. The kidnappers who are believed to be in the bushes with the two remaining victims would soon be smoked out and arrested.”
Okasanmi, who is a Superintendent of Police (SP), assured the families of “the yet-to-be-released victims that no stone would be left unturned in rescuing the remaining victims still in the custody of the kidnappers.”
