Amotekun Rescues Five Kidnapping Victims in Akure South

Operatives from the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun, rescued five individuals kidnapped in two separate incidents in Akure South Local Government Area on Saturday morning. The victims included three health workers abducted from a primary health center in the Oke Ijebu area of Akure, the state capital, and a 45-year-old man and his 15-year-old son taken along the Oda-Akure Road.

The attacks occurred overnight into early Saturday. Around 2 a.m., armed assailants arrived in a large bus and forced their way into the Oke Ijebu health center, located opposite a local school. They targeted staff on night duty, abducting three health workers amid reports of assaults on personnel and theft of valuables. In the earlier incident, between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday, the father and son were seized at Pelebe, an outlying area along the Oda-Akure Road.

Amotekun's Rapid Response Squad conducted coordinated operations leading to the rescues. The father and son were freed around 1 a.m. following a confrontation with the kidnappers, who fled the scene. The health workers were recovered approximately 4:30 a.m. after another engagement with the abductors, who abandoned the...