Kogi State – The Kogi State Government has announced the rescue of four persons abducted during an attack on an unauthorised examination centre in Olowa, Dekina Local Government Area of the state earlier this week.
Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said the rescue was the outcome of a coordinated security operation ordered by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo immediately after the attack, which had abducted the school principal, a National Examinations Council official and two students.
Ododo directed the State Security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara, retired, to coordinate a joint rescue operation involving the Nigerian Army, the Department of State Services and other security agencies to track and recover the victims.
The rescue brings a swift resolution to an incident that had renewed concerns about the safety of examination centres, coming just days after a separate school abduction in the same state raised alarm over security at educational institutions.
Authorities have not disclosed further details on the condition of the rescued victims or whether any suspects have been apprehended in connection with the attack on the examination centre.
The state government commended the security agencies involved in the operation, describing the swift rescue as evidence of improved coordination between state and federal security structures in responding to abduction incidents.
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