Police Rescue 4 Kidnap Victims In Edo, Hunt Fleeing Gunmen

The Edo State Police Command has rescued four kidnap victims after security operatives mounted a sustained search operation that forced their abductors to flee into the forest along the Lagos-Benin Expressway.





The victims Muritala Babatunde, Bello Aminat, Otor Prince and Yeiyah Gift  were rescued unhurt following the operation conducted by a combined team of police personnel, members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), local hunters and other security stakeholders.
The police said the incident occurred at about 10:40pm on July 30, 2026, when about three armed men, allegedly dressed in vigilante uniforms, blocked the Ugbokun axis of the expressway, shortly before the mil...