Police rescue 14 kidnapped marriage guests in Edo Police

• Search for other abducted passengers of two buses

The police in Edo State have rescued 14 kidnapped marriage guests.

Reports said that the Police were still in searching for many other victims, who were with the kidnappers in their den in the forest.

The disclosure was made on Saturday in Benin by the Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Chidi Nwabuzor, a Superintendent of Police (SP).

He said that the innocent victims were seized by hoodlums around 4 p.m. on November 24 this year, on Lagos–Abuja Road, by Ikeran Oke, Ibillo, in Akoko–Ado Local Government Area of Edo state.

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Nwabuzor said: “Edo State Police Command, at 1715hrs on November 24, 2022, through the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ibillo Division, received the information that hoodlums, who were operating at the location, under Ibillo Divisional Police Headquarters in Edo State, attacked and kidnapped the passengers of two coaster buses, who were travelling from Benue State to Ilorin, Kwara State, for a wedding, but passed through Ibillo in Edo State.

“Immediately, the DPO mobilised patrol team, the army personnel, Edo State Security Network personnel and the local hunters to the bush, which resulted in the rescue of nine of the victims.

“In the early hours of November 25, 2022, five other passengers (victims) were rescued inside the bush, while unspecified passengers are still missing.

“The DPO and the security men are still embarking on aggressive bush combing operations, for possible rescue unhurt of the remaining passengers.”

Edo PPRO also quoted the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Dankwara, to jave vowed to stop at nothing to see that all the kidnap victims were quickly rescued and united with their families and loved ones.

Dankwara also gave the DPO marching orders to work with the command’s tactical teams, to ensure that the victims were released unhurt, while he advised the families and loved ones of the unfortunate passengers to remain calm.