Ogun State Police Command
on Friday disclosed that it has geographically located the forest where five
members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG) abducted at the J3,
Ogbere – Ijebu – Ode(Ogun State) stretch of the Lagos – Ore expressway, were
kept.
Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe,
Ndubuizi Owuabueze and Ibeleji Chidinma (female).
Abimbola, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police(DSP), added the Command’s rescue team are trying to be
tactical and professional in storming the location in order not to jeopardise
safety of the victims.
He said the victims, who
boarded a commercial vehicle from the Eastern part of the country and heading
to the RCCG’s programme were abducted and taken into the forest.
He stated: “On the 1st of
August 2019, at about 3:30 pm, the Ogun state police command received an
information that a commercial vehicle with registration number KW 230 XA
belonging to Abia line transport company was coming from the Eastern part of
the country heading towards Lagos, on getting to J3 area of Ogbere, some
hoodlums numbering about 10 suddenly came out of the forest and forcefully
stopped the vehicle.
” Five amongst the
passengers namely Chidioze Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe, Ndubuizi
Owuabueze, and Ibeleji Chidinma (female) were abducted and taken to the forest.
“The commissioner of police
cp Bashir Makama is personally leading the operation to rescue the victims with
operatives from the command’s tactical squads combing the entire area.
“The hideout of the
hoodlums has been geolocated but our men are trying to be tactical and
professional in order not to jeopardize the lives of the victims we are making
efforts to rescue.
“With the operation going
on presently, we are rest assured that the victims will soon regain their
freedom and the hoodlums will definitively be brought to book.”
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