5 youth corps members kidnapped on way to orientation camp regain freedom
Five youth corps members who were kidnapped on their way to orientation camps have been rescued in Imo State.
The corps members – Abiola Temitope, Olubisi Adekanmi, Jose Temitayo, Folarin Opeyemi and Shonibare Ademola – were kidnapped on the Owerri-Port Harcourt Expressway on Wednesday, during their journey to their camps in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states.
The kidnappers demanded N5 million ransom after they had taken their victims into a forest in the Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo.
Police in the state say intelligence report led to the discovery of the kidnappers’ hideout. Unfortunately, the suspects all escaped as they abandoned their victims on sighting police operatives.
