Osun female student rescued from kidnappers: Police
The police command in Osun says it has rescued a 25-year-old female student abducted on Tuesday.
She is a student of the Osun College of Health Technology, Ilesa.
According to the police spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, the victim, Rukayat Bayonle, was abducted on April 20, at about 2.30 a.m., at Olomilagbala Area, Ilesa.
A statement by Ms Opalola explained, “Upon a distress call that the victim was abducted, the Osun Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, drafted a combined team of police Tactical Unit, JTF and other security outfits on a rescue mission of the abducted girl.
“The abductors numbering about five, invaded the quarters of the student and took her to the bush.”
It added, “The security operatives on an unrelenting rescue operation of the victim followed suit in the bush to do a thorough combing.
“At about 5.25 a.m. of the same day, within the space of three hours, the police and local security men rescued the kidnapped victim unhurt.
“The commissioner of police, hereby, urged members of the public to be vigilant, support, cooperate and collaborate with the police in the fight against all forms of criminalities.”
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