Nine abducted persons have been rescued, while three suspected bandits were killed during a joint security operation in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The operation was conducted by Kwara State-recruited Forest Guards in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), local hunters, and vigilantes in the Obbo-Aiyegunle, Ejiu-Ora, and Osi axis of the local government. This area borders Ekiti and Kogi states.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of Ekiti Local Government Council, Dada Sunday, confirmed the development in a statement released on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the victims were abducted from the Eju community after the local market. They were being transported through a forest route towards Niger State when the joint security team intercepted the kidnappers.
One rescued victim, Umaru Muazu from Obbo-Aiyegunle, described the ordeal: “Men came from nowhere and put a gun to my head. Four of them took me and my son.
