The Delta State Police Command successfully rescued nine students who were kidnapped along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State.
The students who were travelling in a minibus were abducted on Monday, as reported by Channels TV.
Confirming the rescue, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Edafe Bright, wrote on his X handle late Monday while referencing Channels TV’s report, stating, “All nine of the victims have regained their freedom, pls.”
The PPRO had told Channels TV that the abductees “may have been students who were returning from their school in Calabar, Cross River State on Friday night.”
The bus driver was said to be unhurt, adding that the kidnappers hadn’t demanded ransom while the police operatives had swung into action.
“The command is aware of this ugly incident, and we are doing all it takes to ensure that they are rescued unhurt,” the state PPRO tweeted on his X handle earlier on Monday.
This is coming less than a month after 137 schoolchildren of the LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School were abducted in Kaduna State on March 7.
