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Hammed Shittu in Ilorin and Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja
Nine persons abducted by suspected terrorists in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have been rescued, while three bandits were killed during a joint security forces operations in the local government.
A statement issued in Ilorin yesterday signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Ekiti Local Government Council Chairman, Prince Dada Sunday, stated that the rescue operation was carried out in the Obbo-Aiyegunle, Ejiu-Ora and Osi axis of Ekiti LGA bordering Ekiti State and Kogi State.
He said that the operation was conducted by the recently recruited Forest Guards in the state in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, local hunters and vigilance groups.
