The
Police in Kogi on Thursday announced the rescue of the state
Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr. Stephen Maiyaki, who was
abducted on May 30.
The Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Shola Adebayo, said in a statement in
Lokoja that Maiyaki was rescued at about 2am from the kidnappers hideout
at Abobo village in Adavi Local Government area of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria
reports that the commissioner and six other persons were abducted at
Osara village also in Adavi local government while there to resolve a
land dispute.
The
statement said Maiyaki had been reunited with his family but was silent
on the fate of the other six persons abducted along with him.
It was
also silent on the fate of Justice Samuel Obayomi of the state High
Court who was abducted in the same local government area on May 25.
The kidnappers had killed the policeman attached to the High Court Judge before taking him away.
The judge was on his way to court when he was kidnapped by six masked men.
Already, judiciary workers and lawyers in the state have embarked on strike in protest over his abduction.
The police
command in the state has since deployed units of mobile policemen and
special anti-robbery squad to areas where Obayomi and others are
believed to be held by the abductors. Credit: NAN
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