Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Osa Nehikhare, announced on Sunday that 12 of the remaining 14 kidnapped victims from the Igueben Train Station attack had been rescued by a combined team of security operatives.
The victims were rescued when the security team tracked and intercepted the abductors in their hideout.
The security operatives were said to have been tactful in their approach to ensure that no life was lost in the operation.
During the encounter with the abductors, 12 of the victims were rescued, while some of the kidnappers were arrested.
However, a few of the kidnappers escaped with two of the hostages.
The security team, he said, was getting the needed support and encouragement to ensure the rescue of the two remaining victims.
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, visited the 12 rescued kidnapped victims at the Police Cottage Hospital in GRA, Benin City, where they had been taken for tests and rehabilitation after the rescue operation.
The governor was joined on the visit by heads of security agencies and other government functionaries.
He reassured the people of the state that government would leave no stone unturned in securing the release of the two remaining hostages.
The governor hailed the crack team made up of various security agencies in the state, hunters and members of the Edo State Security Network.
He noted that their gallantry and tactfulness proved instrumental to the success recorded.
The Edo State government assured families of the two remaining abductees that it would deploy the full apparatus of state in ensuring their release.
The government also reassured all residents that it was committed to the protection of life and property in Edo.
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