The Kogi state government says four persons kidnapped during the recent attack on an “unauthorised” examination centre in Olowa, Dekina LGA, have been rescued.
Kingsley Fanwo, commissioner for information and communications, said in a statement on Thursday that the rescue followed a coordinated security operation ordered by Ahmed Ododo, governor of Kogi, immediately after the incident.
Fanwo said Ododo directed Jerry Omodara, his security adviser, to coordinate a joint rescue operation involving the Nigerian Army, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), local vigilante groups and other security agencies.
Gunmen had on Tuesday evening abducted four students from the Government Secondary School (GSS) in Olowa, Dekina LGA of Kogi state.
The principal of the school and a National Examinations Council (NECO) ad hoc staff member were also abducted during the incident.
“The State Security Adviser and the leadership of the 12 Brigade and the 21 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, the
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