The inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, on Sunday, obtained the rescued 20 medical college students, who have been kidnapped in Benue State on their option to Enugu State for a convention.
The IGP, whereas receiving the scholars, mentioned different seven kidnap victims have been additionally rescued within the strategy of rescuing the medical college students.
20 Medical College students Had been Rescued, No Ransom Paid — Police
He additionally mentioned the chief of the kidnap gang was killed in the course of the operations whereas two others have been apprehended.
The IGP, whereas appreciating the Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA), the opposite safety operatives, native vigilante teams; urged Nigerians to all the time place confidence in the police every time issues like this happen as no ransom was paid for the rescue of the victims.
The IGP, subsequently, handed over the rescued college students to the Universities of Maiduguri and Jos.
Over the weekend, the scholars and others rescued and have been instantly moved to Abuja for correct medical consideration.
LEADERSHIP studies that the kidnapped 20 college students from the College of Maiduguri and College of Jos, who have been kidnapped in Benue State final week Thursday, have been rescued on Friday, April 23, 2024 .
The supply additionally mentioned the joint safety operatives from the Nigeria Police Drive (NPF), the Division of State Providers (DSS), and the army who participated within the rescue operations have been mandated to maneuver the rescued college students to undisclosed hospital in Abuja the place they’d be correctly taken care off.
They have been rescued at Ajide Forest in Ukwonyo ward of Ado LGA of Benue State and the forest is a shared forest positioned between Ado and Okpokwu LGAs of Benue State.
Previous to this, the abductors of the medical college students who have been en path to Enugu State final Thursday had rejected the N20 million ransom allegedly raised by the Catholic neighborhood in Nigeria.
The president of the Neighborhood of Tiv College students on the College of Maiduguri, Prince Tihi Maxwell, whose two members have been among the many kidnapped college students, had disclosed this in Maiduguri.
