- Safiu Kehinde
A mother of one of the prospective corp members kidnapped along Owerri-Onitsha Road has called on security agencies and the government to come to the rescue of the corp members.
NPO Reported that the corp members heading to orientation camps in Enugu and Akwa-Ibom states were in the early hours of Thursday kidnapped by gunmen.
They had departed from a motorpark in Ibadan on Wednesday.
Hours after the news of their abduction, the mother of one of the vicitms appeared in a video to call for government and security agencies intervention.
She recounted how his son who was in one of the attacked buses messaged the family about the incident before going offline.
“Please come to my rescue. My child left home for camp yesterday. They departed around 9am yesterday. They were Abia state.
“We were in touch with through our family WhatsApp group until this morning after he dropped a message that kidnappers attacked them.
“He has been offline since then.
“We saw the video of the kidnap incident this morning. His bus is among those attacked with all the passengers abducted.
“We’ve tried calling his line. It was ringing but he didn’t pick.” She said.
The aggrieved mother urged the government and security operatives to rescue he kidnapped corp members.
“Please we call on Nigerians, security agencies, and the government to come to our rescue.
“They are about 19, but we learnt that some escaped.” She said.
See video below
