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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ondo State Police Command says its operatives have rescued the five persons abducted by kidnappers at Elegbeka on the Akure-Benin highway last week.<\/p>\n

The kidnappers, during the attack, killed the driver and a female passenger before abducting the victims.<\/p>\n

The Ondo Police spokesperson, SP Fumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said in a statement on Monday that the victims were left behind after intense pressure from the operatives forced the kidnappers to abandon them.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolicemen drawn from the Tactical squad led by the Area Commander of Owo, ACP Olufemi Awoyale continuously combing the bush with sustained technical support frustrated the assailants and were forced to abandon the victims at Oyinbo\/ Sanusi Camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victims are currently being attended to at the Police Medical Services Owo, and will be handed over to their family members after being debriefed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Ondo State Police Command says its operatives have rescued the five persons abducted by kidnappers at Elegbeka on the Akure-Benin highway last week. The kidnappers, during the attack, killed the driver and a female passenger before abducting the victims. The Ondo Police spokesperson, SP Fumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said in a statement on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":125248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,339,165],"class_list":["post-125249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-ondo","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"\nPolice rescue five kidnapped victims in Ondo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ondo State Police Command says its operatives have rescued the five persons abducted by kidnappers at Elegbeka on th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police rescue five kidnapped victims in Ondo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ondo State Police Command says its operatives have rescued the five persons abducted by kidnappers at Elegbeka on th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-22T17:55:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-22T19:09:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1721662399.680953.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"977\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"542\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police rescue five kidnapped victims in Ondo\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-22T17:55:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-22T19:09:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1721662399.680953.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Ondo\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-rescue-five-kidnapped-victims-in-ondo\",\"name\":\"Police rescue five kidnapped victims in Ondo - 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