The Benue State Police Command has rescued a Catholic priest and seven other people abducted in Ohimini Local Government Area of the state. The rescued priest was identified as Rev. Fr. John Otache of the Otukpo Diocese.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Peter Aondongu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Makurdi.
According to the police, the priest and the seven other victims were kidnapped last Tuesday, October 13, while returning from a village market along the Ugbokolo–Ajegbe–Awume Road, near Ipiga Village.
Aondongu said after receiving the report, operatives of the command, in collaboration with the Police Mobile Force and the Benue State Civil Protection Guards, immediately mobilised and launched a coordinated rescue operation.
He said two victims were rescued on October 16, while the remaining six were rescued on October 18.
In the course of the operation, two suspects identified as Echefu Emmanuel and Obonyilor Emmanuel were arrested.
The rescued victims have been taken to the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Otukpo, for medical examination and treatment, while the suspects are assisting with investigation.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Cletus Nwadiogbu, commended the operatives and thanked the Inspector-General of Police and the AIG in charge of the Police Mobile Force for their support.
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