Luck has smiled on 15 Corps members when a group of unknown gunmen who abducted them at the close of their 3-week orientation programme, dumped them and fled on sighting the Police.
A statement by the spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, on the incident reads:
“Anambra State Police Operatives, by 11:15 am today (Tuesday), 14/2/2023 responding to a distress call along Isseke, Ihiala road, rescued unhurt fifteen abducted Corps members from NYSC Orientation Camp Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre, LGA, Imo State.
“Information reveals, that the Corps members, finished their three weeks of orientation programs today and were en route to Lagos before their vehicle was intercepted at total junction Ihiala, by yet unidentified armed men in unmarked white Toyota Hilux. Their vehicle was diverted to Isseke, Ihiala-Orlu expressway where the gunmen kept them hostage. The armed men noticed they are being followed by Police Operatives abandoned the Corpers and zoomed off with the Toyota Hiace bus with Reg Nos: EPE 353 YE conveying the Corpers.
“Meanwhile, the Corps members were debriefed by police operatives and necessary arrangements have been perfected to convey them back to their destinations.
“Further development shall be communicated.”