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BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has hailed members of Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network for their bravery in confronting kidnappers in the Ahor axis of Aduwawa By-pass along Benin-Auchi Expressway.
The Security Network, in collaboration with the Police Command in Edo and other security agencies also on Monday rescued seven kidnap victims and killed three suspected kidnappers during an operation in Ahor community, after the rescue of 13 kidnap victims at the weekend.
With the seven rescued victims on Monday and the 13 rescued last Saturday, the total number of victims rescued by the security agencies is now 20.
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A combined team of men of the Nigeria Police, vigilantes and local hunters in Edo State on Saturday rescued 13 victims from a kidnappers den in Ahor axis of Auchi-Lagos road bypass, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State.
The 13 persons rescued include two separate teams that were kidnapped on Thursday, with one set travelling from Lagos to Akwa Ibom State, and the other comprising persons travelling from Lagos to Onitsha, Anambra State.
Addressing journalists 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.
Views: Visits 34 By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY THE police in Edo state in collaboration with vigilante group Saturday rescued 13 travellers who were kidnapped in Ahor around the bypass. Also read: Commercial motorcycle operators, tipper drivers clash in Ondo over death of two persons A set of the travellers were travelling to Akwa-Ibom state from Lagos while the other was going to Anambra state from Lagos. In the course of the rescue, the police said seven camps of kidnappers have also been discovered in the forest in the axis from which they operate from. Ahor has been notorious for series of incidences of kidnapping that has led to several death of kidnapped victims.
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