Otukpo kidnapping: Security forces arrest seven suspects, rescue victims in joint operation

The Benue State Police Command has announced a important breakthrough successful the kidnapping incidental that occurred connected Thursday successful Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.

This was contained successful a connection issued connected Friday by the spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command, DSP Udeme Edet.

She said operatives, successful a coordinated associated information cognition involving the Police and different sister information agencies, are conducting a targeted search-and-rescue ngo successful Amla Forest and adjoining areas.

Edet said the cognition has led to the palmy rescue of immoderate of the victims, who are presently receiving aesculapian attention.

She said further quality gathered successful the people of the cognition led to the apprehension of 7 (7) suspects, who are presently successful constabulary custody, portion probe is ongoing.

Edet said the bid besides wishes to clarify misinformation circulating successful immoderate quality media suggesting that the victims were portion of a convoy conveying students to constitute the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

She said this assertion is incorrect, arsenic the victims were not confirmed to beryllium portion of immoderate organised UTME-bound pupil convoy but were passengers successful a Makurdi-bound bus.

Edet said the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, CP Ifeanyi Emenari, assures mem...