The Edo state government said two more victims of the Edo train Kidnap saga have been rescued by a joint team of military, police, local vigilante and hunters.
Last Saturday, 32 persons, including two workers at the train station, were abducted while waiting to board a train by bandits who invaded the station with sophisticated weapons.
On Wednesday, the state government said that an intelligence report revealed that only 20 were kidnapped, while seven had been rescued leaving 13 persons still in the kidnappers’ den.
Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nekhihare, who announced the rescue of two more persons, leaving 11 with the kidnappers, said the rescue took place Thursday morning, adding that the state government in conjunction with the security agents were doing everything to ensure the remaining 11 were rescued.
On the rescued magistrate, M Precious Aigbona, Nekhihare said, “Aigbonoga was rescued but unfortunately, one of the policemen, DSP Michael Adams, involved in the rescued operation died of natural causes after the operation. He wasn’t felled by a bullet.
