Imo Kidnap: Relief, jubilation as prospective corps members regain freedom

•Parents seek psychosocial support for victims
By Adeola Badru and Chidi Nkwopara
Parents of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members abducted en route to their orientation camps in Imo State have expressed profound relief following news of their release, though their joy remains shadowed by anxiety as they await direct contact with their children.
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, confirmed the release yesterday afternoon during a telephone conversation between the monarch and the governor, as stated by Ladoja’s media aide, Adeola Oloko.
The Olubadan, who had closely monitored developments concerning the abducte...