Ondo police rescue 12 kidnapped travellers in Ondo

Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command person rescued 12 kidnapped victims, abducted successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday, in Ondo State by suspected kidnappers.

The victims, who were passengers of an 18–passenger Ibadan–bound bus, were abducted erstwhile their conveyance was intercepted astatine Isua, Akoko South East Local Council Area of the state.

While confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer successful the state, Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed that the passengers were travelling from Benue State erstwhile the autobus was attacked.

According to Jimoh, the bid swiftly deployed operatives arsenic good arsenic section hunters who rescued 12 of the victims.

The constabulary spokesperson maintained that the squad volition rescue the remaining victims, assuring that the suspects volition beryllium nabbed.

He said, “The Command received a distress study astatine astir 0130hrs that 2 commercialized Hummer buses conveying passengers from Benue State en way Ibadan had been violently intercepted by suspected equipped kidnappers.

“The attackers reportedly forced respective passengers retired of the vehicles and marched th...