AWKA — Anambra State Police Command on Monday said it has rescued nine of the 10 abducted members of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) who were abducted in Obene Community, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state last Saturday.
Recall that the South-East Chairman of MACBAN, Gidado Siddiki, raised alarm that 10 of their members were abducted by gunmen in the aforementioned community last Saturday.
It was alleged that gunmen who stole over 300 cows, had demanded 4 million Naira ransom and a gun from the families of the victims.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, today disclosed that nine of the abducted herders have been found.
He said they were rescued in a joint operation with the military on Sunday.
The spokesperson said the herders were found in a “bush unharmed” and that some of the stolen cows were also discovered in the bush.”
“On April 24, 2022, some of the victims of the abduction were seen in the bush unharmed while one of the abductees is still missing,” he said.
Mr. Ikenga, said efforts were being intensified to locate the missing herder and some of the cows that are yet to be found.
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