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The Edo police command has confirmed the abduction of seven Naval personnel by armed bandits in the state The police, however, revealed that its operatives have rescued five of the military personnel while still searching for the remaining two The incident comes few weeks after another Naval personnel was killed by kidnappers in the south-south state.

According to the report, the officers were abducted by armed bandits while travelling to Delta from Kaduna state on the popular Sapele-Warri road.

The report, however, revealed that five of the officers have been rescued by operatives of the Edo state police command.

It was gathered that policemen from the Edo State Command, acting on intelligence report, rescued five of the officers while two others are still missing. The spokesperson of the Edo state police command, SP. Kotongs Bello confirmed the report but didn’t go into details. His words: “We rescued five and two others are yet to be rescued. That is the one I am aware of.