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File photo: Suspects
A team of security operatives led by heads of various agencies in Ondo State has rescued two persons abducted in the state.
The spokesperson for the State Police Command, Mr Femi Joseph, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Akure, the state capital.
According to him, the victims – Suleiman Ibrahim and Moshood Suleiman – were rescued today by the team hours after they were kidnapped at Shagari village in Akure.
Joseph said the security operatives engaged the alleged abductors of the duo in gunfire, leading to the rescue of the victims.
He added that the team arrested two of the suspects while others fled with gunshot wounds.
The suspects arrested are Alhassan Saleh (42) from Nasarawa State and Yahaya Yakubu (24) from Kano State.
An Ak-47 magazine was recovered from them.
•Sourced from a Channels TV report
