The Edo State government said 12 victims of the Igueben Train Station attack in the State, were rescued by Special Forces comprising operatives from the Army, Police, DSS, local vigilantes, hunters and other security agencies on Saturday night.
Governor Godwin Obaseki who spoke to journalists shortly after visiting the rescued kidnap victims at the Police Cottage Hospital in Benin City, on Sunday, also berated the authorities of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) for not providing enough security in its facilities after the Abuja-Kaduna Train attack of March 28, 2022.
He also threatened to sanction traditional rulers in Igueben area, who were still giving their lands to herdsmen for grazing.
Thanking God for aiding them, Obaseki said they have been able to secure the release of almost all the people who were kidnapped about a week ago from the Igueben Train Station in Edo State.
He said that the kidnappers tested the will of their security system that they have put in place and they are glad that the system has been resilient. He stated that they trailed the kidnappers and contained them to certain areas where they could not leave and with all intelligence and the aerial support they got from the Airforce, from the Police, the drone support, the technology support, they were able to track them and with the training of the Special Forces they have and all the other members of the team they put together, they were able to release 12 out of the 14 still being held hostage unarmed.
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