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Four out of the seven travellers abducted by kidnappers along Ilorin-Omu-Aran Road on Saturday have been rescued by the Kwara Police Command.
In a press statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer of Kwara State Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi said that two kidnapping incidents happened simultaneously on Saturday at about 5.35 pm on Oke-Onigbin/Omu-Aran Highway and Ekiti-Ekan Meje axis.
According to the police PPRO, six armed men stopped a Sienna Bus which was transporting seven occupants from Ekiti to Ilorin and marched the seven people into the bush.
“The command promptly dispatched its tactical units, comprising the anti-kidnapping and anti-cultist units, joined by local hunters and vigilantes while policemen who were on patrols on the routes were alerted.
“The abductors were instantly chased into the bushes, four out of the seven abducted persons were rescued; efforts are still in top gear to get the remaining three rescued.
“Deploying similar tactics by operatives, those abducted in Ekan-Meje-Ekiti axis using the same modus were equally rescued, remaining a pastor and his wife who the command is frantically doing everything possible to rescue unhurt,’’ the police said
The statement also said that some suspects have been caught were assisting the police command in their investigation.