Edo State governor Godwin Obaseki has confirmed the rescue of the twelve more kidnapped passengers of the January 7 Tom Ikimi Train Station attack in Igueben local government area of the state.
The governor, Godwin Obaseki, confirmed their rescue when he visited the victims at the police cottage hospital in Benin city.
The twelve kidnapped victims who were on Saturday night rescued by a combined team of Security operatives are currently receiving medical attention at the police cottage hospital in Benin City, Edo State.
The victims, mostly youths are undergoing medical screening and further rehabilitation to help rebuild their mental state as a result of torture in the hands of their abductors.
Governor Obaseki added that Edo State will not be a safe haven for any sort of criminals or criminality.
UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS KILL CATHOILC PRIEST IN NIGER STATE, INJURE ASSISTANT
Christians in Niger state have been sent into mourning following the barbaric killing of a Catholic priest reverend father Isaac Achi, the parish priest of saints Peter and Paul Catholic church in kafin koro, paikoro local government council of Niger state.
The church was attacked around 12am on Sunday morning. The assistant parish priest reverend father Collins Umeh was also shot severally and left to die before the parish priest was traced to his bathroom shot, macheted and burnt together with the church building.
The priest was the coordinator of the Christian Association of Nigeria in kafin koro.
According to a local source the terrorist group have been on the trail of the priest for a while .
The assistant parish priest who was also shot has been rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The Niger state police command confirmed the incidence in a statement by the PPRO DSP Wasiu Abiodun.
He said the commissioner of police has sent a reinforcement team to the area and efforts ongoing to apprehend the assailants
