POLICE operatives on Tuesday rescued seven abducted persons in Udi Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesman for the state police command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Enugu, said the victims were rescued from a forest at Okpatu community in the area.
Ndukwe said the Forest Guard and Neighborhood Watch personnel assisted the police in the rescue operation.
He said: “The seven persons included a couple, alleged to have been abducted by unidentified armed men while they went to pray at one ‘Mount Calvary’ located in a forest at Awhum community of the same Udi LGA.
“They were abducted on June 19 at about 6:30 p.m. while praying.”
The spokesman said that security surveillance had been mounted in the area.
“The Command has launched a discreet investigation to fish out the perpetrators,” he added.
