IGP deploys DIG, CPs to Imo for rescue of kidnapped corps members, others

By Kingsley Omonobi
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, DIG Shehu Nadada, to Imo State to coordinate the rescue of the prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and other passengers abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway on Thursday, 1 October 2026.
Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete *niedu made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja
The statement said the DIG arrived in Imo State with two Commissioners of Police and conducted an on-the-spot assessment of the situation and the ongoing search-and-rescue efforts.
It added that the DIG also reviewed the o...