FILE: A Nigerian policeman
The Ondo State Police Command said it has rescued 12 persons abducted by kidnappers in Isua Akoko, headquarters of Akoko South-East Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
According to him, the victims were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday after two commercial buses travelling from Benue State to Ibadan were intercepted by armed men.
He said, “The command received a distress report at about 0130hrs that two commercial Hummer buses conveying passengers from Benue State en route Ibadan had been violently intercepted by suspected armed kidnappers. The attackers reportedly forced several passengers out of the vehicles and marched them into a nearby forest.
