The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a number of National Youth Service Corps members travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja, saying 11 victims have been rescued
The victims were kidnapped last Wednesday along the Aloma–Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of the state when armed hoodlums reportedly emerged from the bush and blocked two buses travelling in opposite directions.
The command confirmed the rescue on Friday in response to an enquiry by our correspondent.
The command’s spokesperson, ASP Salisu Oyiza Afusat, said the Divisional Police Officer, Ofu, led a joint security team to the scene after receiving a distress call.
She said two abandoned vehicles, a Peace Mass Transit white Hummer bus and a yellow 18-seater bus, were recovered before a coordinated bush-combing and rescue operation was launched.
