The police spokesperson said efforts were ongoing to track down and apprehend the fleeing kidnappers.
The disclosure was made in a statement by the command’s spokesman, Bright Edafe, on Sunday.
Police arrested two suspected kidnappers in connection with the abduction of a man, Abubakar Abdullahim, in Ondo State.
Troops of Fansan Yamma rescued six kidnapped victims and recovered ₦800,000 earlier taken from the victims by the terrorists.
Seven passengers, including children, lost their lives in a head-on collision along the Kutigi-Mokwa-Bida road in Lavun LGA, Niger State.
The statement said that surviving household members were left homeless and in profound distress.
Mr Zubairu noted that the other members of the group fled in disarray.
Troops raided IPOB and ESN stronghold in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State and killed one of their members.
Orchia Peter Aondongu, the Benue police command’s spokesman, said the victims were kidnapped the previous Friday while travelling from Enugu to Abuja.
The Nigerian Army said air platforms of its Operation Hadin Kai killed scores of terrorists in different locations across Borno State.
