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Officers at the Edo State Police Command through its Uronigbe Divisional Headquarters in Orhihonwon local government area have rescued 33 kidnapped victims, 32 of whom are mostly children.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the kidnapped victims were rescued on 13 August 2022 along the Benin-Agbor expressway, according to the Police.
Available report indicates that the kidnappers emerged from the bush on Agbor, Uronigbe, Obiaruku expressway and kidnapped occupants of a Toyota Hiace bus with reg number DT513B2, travelling from Agbor to Warri.
According to a statement by the police, the bus was conveying football players of Itugbe Kings Club, Warri Delta state before the kidnappers ambushed them and whisked them into the bush at about 1806hrs on 12 August 2022.
On receipt of the information, the Divisional Police Officer immediately mobilised his team of police operatives in collaboration with the Military, local Vigilantes and the tactical team from Delta State Police Command at the state boundary and swung into action.
The combined team embarked on rigorous bush combing which lasted for several hours resulting in the rescue of 32 of the victims unhurt. While they were been profiled to ensure that all were rescued, it was discovered that 5 were still missing. Intense bush combing is still on to rescue the other five victims unhurt.
Earlier the hoodlums had attacked the two occupants of one Toyota Corolla car with reg number EDL642DL, travelling from Bayelsa to Agbor, one of the occupants, Ibegu Daguapu (Male) was shot in his right shoulder. The victim is receiving treatment at the medical facility.