A Police Inspector kidnapped along with two other of his colleagues abducted by gunmen on Wednesday at Waasinmi on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway have regained freedom.
The Ogun State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development in Abeokuta on Friday.
He said that the kidnappers operating in military camouflage abducted the victims at Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.
“The victims regained their freedom at about 9:45 p.m. on Thursday and have since been reunited with their families.
“The kidnappers came under intensive pressure and aggressive trailing by the police and were left with no choice other than to release the captives,” Oyeyemi said.
According to Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had declared a manhunt to apprehending the suspected kidnappers for possible prosecution.
