20 Abducted Corps Members Regain Freedom In Imo
The 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members and one other person abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State have regained their freedom.
The victims were rescued from the Amakohia-Ubi forest in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state following a coordinated operation involving security agencies.
The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu visited the rescued corps members at the DSS Clinic in Owerri along with the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Director DSS and Brigade Commander 34 artillery Imo State.
They were later taken to the Department of State Services (DSS) Hospital in Owerri, for medical attention and necessary checks.
A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Ani Iniedu said that efforts are ongoing to apprehend those responsible for the abduction, as the Police and other security agencies sustain coordinated operations towards bringing them to justice.
The victims were abducted on October 1 while travelling from Ibadan, Oyo State, to NYSC orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states after the two buses conveying them came under attack near Umunoha in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has applauded security agencies for their quick intervention in securing the release of the corps members especially their collaboration and patriotism in ensuring that the corps members were rescued unharmed.
