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.
The Command’s
Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made this known while speaking
with reporters at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),
Abeokuta, identified the victims as Chidioze Eluwa, Chiemela
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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