Parent Of Abducted NYSC Member Urges Tinubu, Security Agencies To Rescue Victims Unhurt

One of the parents of the abducted 19 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from Oyo State, Mrs. Alimot Akande has urged President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to rescue her daughter and 18 other abducted persons unhurt.

Speaking with journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital Akande added that efforts to reach her daughter had been unsuccessful since then.

“I am Mrs Alimot Akande. I am the parent of one of the victims. The prospective corps members boarded a bus belonging to a commercial transport company in the Sango area for the long journey to Abia State.

“The passengers had a stopover on Wednesday night in Onitsha at about 10 p.m., and the journey continued on Thursday morning before she quickly dropped a message that simply said, ‘kidnappers!’ indicating that the bus had been attacked by suspected armed kidnappers.

“I appeal to the federal government, the NYSC, the police and other security agencies to rescue my daughter and the others unhurt,” she said.

19 prospective members of the NYSC were abducted on their way to Abia State on Thursday.

It was learnt that the prospective NYSC members left Ibadan on Wednesday and were kidnapped between Anambra and Abia States in the early hours of Thursday.