The Anambra State police command has rescued four children who were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen on Friday night.

Disclosing this in a press statement issued on Saturday, the command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the mother of the children reported the matter to the police at about 11 p.m.

Mr Ikenga said, “On December 15, 2023, at about 2300, the police at Abagana received information via the police hotline that suspected herdsmen had abducted four children from a family at Achalla Village, Enugwu Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.

“The caller, who is the mother of the children, disclosed that the family was watching television at about 2200 hrs (10 p.m.) when the light suddenly went out.

“The man of the house went out to find out what was amiss and the wife followed him. They observed three gunmen suspected to be herdsmen and fled for their dear lives.

“By the time they summoned the courage to return to the house, they discovered that their four children, who were already asleep, had been abducted by the gunmen,” he added.

The spokesperson stated that the state commissioner of police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, after receiving the report of the incident, immediately mobilised his personnel and vigilantes to rescue the children from the kidnappers.