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Police, vigilantes rescue 13 hostages in Edo

8th May 2021
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From Tony Osauzo, Benin

‎‎A combined team of security operatives in Edo State on Saturday rescued 13 people from a kidnappers den in Ahor axis of Aduwawa Bypass, along Benin-Auchi Expressway, in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of the state.

The security team includes men and officers of the Edo State Police Command, local hunters and members of the Edo State Vigilante Security Network.

The 13 rescued hostages were two separate groups abducted last Thursday, with one set traveling from Lagos to Akwa Ibom State, and the others traveling from Lagos to Onitsha, Anambra State.

Addressing reporters after the rescue operation, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu, said the Command deployed drones and were assisted by hunters and members of the Vigilante Security Network set up by the state government.

‘We used information provided to track the kidnappers. We took courage to enter the forest. This is how we would proceed with the operations going forward,’ he stated.

He reassured that the Command will not relent in its mission to rid the state of kidnappers, saying: ‘We are going to carry out general combing of the area so that we can identify their camps. So far, we have identified up to seven camps and we will make these camps visiting points so that they will not be able to come back.’

Mr Ogbadu urged residents in communities along Ahor-Auchi Road to provide relevant information about the activities of kidnappers to the authorities, promising that ‘we are going to seek more information from these communities as these kidnappers come to the road to buy food and they interact with the people.’

The police commissioner said the Command will carry out regular patrols and mount checkpoints along the road.

He said the rescued victims were taken to Magnus Eweka Police Cottage Hospital for thorough medical examinations before they will be handed over to the state government to assist them proceed to their destinations.

The Coordinator of the Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network, Mr Yusuf Haruna, said the success of the operation is a testament to what Edo State Government is doing with the new security architecture in identifying and understanding behaviours of crime and criminality in the state.

‘Crime is local, so we localised our architecture. We have chased the criminal elements away from the city to the suburbs and we are taking the war to them in the suburbs as well,’ he boasted.

David

David

Sun News Online team

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