The commissioner said earlier that one victim escaped from the attackers, and that the police had arrested a suspect.
“We are confident that the other victims will be rescued soon as the highly motivated security personnel are in high spirits and have doubled down on the hot chase of the kidnappers,” Mr Nehikhare said in his latest statement.Gov Okowa condemns terror attack on train stationThe attack in Edo occurred about 10 months after terrorists attacked a moving train in Kaduna, North-west Nigeria. Some people were killed and dozens of other passengers were kidnapped in the Kaduna incident.
Some passengers spent months with the kidnappers before they were released, either after their relatives paid ransom or after the government negotiated their release.
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