15 abducted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who had just completed their orientation in Imo have been rescued.
According to the Anambra Police command, the Corp members were
rescued unhurt after they received and responded to a distress call along Isseke, Ihiala-Orlu expressway at 12:15 a.m.
In a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga in Awka, it was gathered that the Corp members had just ended their three weeks of orientation programme and were en route to Lagos when their vehicle was intercepted.
The statement reads:
“Information reveals that the corps members finished their three weeks of orientation programme today and were en route to Lagos before their vehicle was intercepted at a Total junction in Ihiala by unidentified armed men in a white Toyota Hilux.
“The corps members’ vehicle was diverted to Isseke, Ihiala-Orlu expressway where the gunmen kept them hostage.
“When the armed men noticed they were being followed by police operatives, they abandoned the corps members and zoomed off with the Toyota Hiace bus with Registration number EPE 353 YE,” he said.
Ikenga, however, noted that the rescued Corps members were debriefed and necessary arrangements were made to convey them to their destinations.
The Corps members had their NYSC orientation camp at the Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre, Local Government Area of Imo.
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