NSCDC operatives rescue kidnapped victims in Edo

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has arrested 70 suspects during a clearance operation in the Okpella area of the Esouko East Local Government Area of Edo State. The Corps’ spokesman, Afolabi Babawale, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement quoted the Commandant of the […]

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has arrested 70 suspects during a clearance operation in the Okpella area of the Esouko East Local Government Area of Edo State.

The Corps’ spokesman, Afolabi Babawale, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.

The statement quoted the Commandant of the CG’s Special Intelligence Squad, Commandant AS Dandaura, as saying, “Following the directive of the Commandant General, Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, on an aggressive onslaught against unscrupulous elements terrorising the peace of Edo State and those culpable for the massacre of eight personnel attached to BUA Cement Company last month.

“The CG’s Special Intelligence Squad collaborated with the men of the Nigerian Army and the General Manager of BUA International Cement, Mr Richard Gidado, to launch an aggressive onslaught against the crime perpetrators.

“During the clearance operation, the team uncovered and dismantled some criminal hideouts used for housing kidnapped victims, though some of the kidnappers manoeuvred outside the area, giving room for the rescuing of victims and one Mrs Agbe Matar, who had been in captivity for over 7 days.”

The CG’s SIS Commandant said some of the rescued victims were kidnapped while working on their farmland in the Ichoke area of the Itsukwi community in Etsako East LGA of Edo State.