The Enugu State Police Command says it has rescued four kidnapped victims in a forest at Aishi-Ette in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. The rescue operation, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the Command's spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, was assisted by the State Forest Guard and Neighbourhood Watch Group. Ndukwe said that the victims - two males and two females - were rescued after a fierce gun battle with their abductors on Sunday.
The rescue operation, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the Command's spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, was assisted by the State Forest Guard and Neighbourhood Watch Group.
The Enugu State Police Command says it has rescued four kidnapped victims in a forest at Aishi-Ette in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state.The rescue operation, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the Command's spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, was assisted by the State Forest Guard and Neighbourhood Watch Group.Ndukwe said that the victims - two males and two females - were rescued after a fierce gun battle with their abductors on Sunday.
Ndukwe said he was moved to the hospital immediately for medical attention and"is responding to treatment and in stable condition; while others and all the operatives returned unscathed".He said,"The victims were reported to have been kidnapped at Umuopu village, along Ette/Ogugu Road, on 23/06/2023 at about 9.30 pm, on their way to Obollo-Afor, Enugu State from Ankpa, Kogi State, with the hoodlums said to have demanded ransom of N10 million for each of them.
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