Men of Rivers state police command have rescued a student of Arthur Jarvis University in Akpabuto Local Government Area of Edo state.
Recall that gunmen had invaded the school on Tuesday night, July 19, gruesomely injured some students who were returning from reading classes, and whisked the student, Josephine Etim Edet away into a nearby forest.
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Confirming the incident on Friday, July 22, the Commissioner of Police in Cross River state, Aminu Alhassan said the student was rescued from the kidnappers’ den by an Operation Sting team led by a Superintendent of Police simply called Hart.
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In a Situation Report (SITREP) which the police commissioner sent to his commanders on Friday morning, Alhassan disclosed that Operation Sting, which handled the operation, ‘fatally degraded’ two of the kidnappers and captured one alive with injuries from the gun exchange.
“Further to my SITREP on the kidnapping of one Miss Joseph Etim Set, a student of Arthur Jarvis University, I am grateful to inform you that Operation Sting, led by SP Hard, raided the hideout of the hoodlums in Akpabuyo creek,” the report read.
“The team rescued the victim in the early hours of 0112 hours today. Two of the kidnappers were fatally degraded while one was arrested alive with serious injuries.”
The CP also added that the arrested suspect has been rushed to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital for treatment.
He urged residents to be calm and go about their lawful tasks as they were on top of the situation.
