Four children of the same parents abducted by suspected herdsmen in Anambra State have been rescued by the operatives of the state police command.
The children were abducted by a gang of three hoodlums who invaded their family house wielding guns at about 10pm on Wednesday.
The public relations officer of the Anambra police command, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the incident happened at Achalla village, Enugwu-Agidi community in Njikoka local government area of the state.
He said the parents of the children were watching television programme when suddenly the electricity supply to the house went off.
He said when their father went out to find out what went wrong, his wife followed him and they saw three suspected herdsmen wielding guns and fled to save their lives.
Tochukwu said the hoodlums went into the house and abducted the three children who were asleep.
He said, “On 15th December, 2023 at about 2300 the Police at Abagana received information via Police hot line that suspected herdsmen had abducted four children from a family at Achalla Village, Enugwu Agidi in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State.
“The caller, who is mother of the children disclosed that the family was watching Television at about 2200 hrs (10p.m.) when the light suddenly went out.
“The man of the house went out to find out what was amiss and the wife followed him. They observed three gunmen suspected to be herdsmen and fled for their lives.
“By the time they summoned courage to return to the house they discovered that their four children who were already asleep had been abducted by the gunmen.
“Immediately the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye received the report, he ordered immediate mobilisation of Police personnel and vigilante to go after the kidnappers with a view to rescuing the children”, he stated further.
He, however, disclosed that the children have been rescued and reunited with their family members.
He said that the children aged 13, 14, 21 and 21 years respectively were rescued in the early hours of Saturday close to Urum in Awka-North local government area of the state, 25 kilometres away from their Achala village, Enugwu-Agidi home.
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