The Nation Newspaper JUST IN: Youth leader's wife, nine others kidnapped in Edo community
It was learnt that the kidnappers blocked the road between Sobe and the popular Agric Junction and waylaid their victims and moved to an unknown location before the arrival of security operatives in the area.
The Sobe leader said the kidnappers had not contacted the relatives of the victims for ransom negotiation while calling on the gunmen to release the indigenes of the ancient community unhurt and unconditionally.Given the alarming rate of kidnapping in Sobe and its environs, the federal government, in 2023, built mini barracks at Sobe, yet the criminal activities had not abated.
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