Kwara State Police Command has rescued a two-year-old child and 12 market women kidnapped at Oke- Ode axis in Ifelodun local government area of the state last Wednesday.
The women who went to trade at Oke-Ode Market were waylaid and abducted around Oyi Bridge in Yaaru/Olayinka village by some kidnappers on Ajase-ipo/Oke-Ode Road while they were returning from the market.
The spokesperson of Kwara Police Command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, who confirmed the rescue of the victims to LEADERSHIP yesterday, said that 12 people including a two-yea- old child were rescued by a combined team of security agencies.
She said, “Eleven market women and a two-year-old child were rescued by the Security team who combed the forest in search of the kidnapped victims. All the victims have been rescued and released to their families.
“Some of those that were injured during the rescue operation were taken to the General hospital, Share, Ifelodun local government and have been discharged after the treatment.”
The coordinator of Kwara South Joint Community Security Watch, Mr Olaitan Oyin-Zubair, hailed the joint security team for their efforts in rescuing all the abductees from the kidnappers’ den.
Oyin-Zubair said, “the gallantry and steadfastness of hunters/vigilante on the successful rescue of all abductees in last Wednesday’s kidnapping along Ajassepo/Okeode road by Oyi bridge between Yaru-Olayinka in Ifelodun local government of the state is commendable.
He recalled that 15 market women were waylaid and abducted on the highway by Kidnappers between 6-7pm on the fateful day but through spontaneous efforts of hunters and vigilante, nine regained their freedom a day after the incident.