A combined team of soldiers and police has rescued 25 youths who were abducted by kidnappers along Wukari -Takum Road in Taraba State on Wednesday.
Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the Taraba State Police Command, ASP. Reform Leha , told The PUNCH that all the abducted youths were rescued unharmed .
Leha who said details about the rescue operation were still sketchy, however , said he would call our correspondent as soon as the facts are available to him .
But an officer who participated in the operation told our correspondent that the rescue operation took several hours in a forest along the Taraba -Benue border .
A relation of one of the rescued youths, Alhaji Baba Muhammed , told journalists that there was a celebration at Anguwan Rogo ward in Takum town where all the youths hail from after the news of their rescue was received .
“ I can tell you that the abducted boys have been rescued by a combined team of soldiers and police from Benue and Taraba States .
“ We thank the Army, the police, and all those that helped in rescuing the Youths including the media for reporting the incident , ” he said .
The kidnappers had on Friday demanded a ransom of N 52 million before the boys could be released.
