Vigilantes Rescue Kidnapped Victim, Arrested Suspect makes confession
By DADA AYOKHAI
A wave of relief and joy has washed over the Ayogwiri community in Edo State after the rescue of a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped by suspected herdsmen.
The teenager was abducted on October 10, while returning from the farm with her mother and other women.
It was gathered that the local vigilantes drawn from Ayogwiri and surrounding villages rescued her unhurt and without payment of any form of ransom.
A Fulani man, allegedly a member of a kidnap team, was arrested by local the vigilantes. During interrogation in a viral video confessed that they were acting on behalf of an indigene from Ayogwiri
The community is breathing a sigh of relief with sparked calls for enhanced security measures to prevent further attacks in the area
The kidnappers, suspected to be Fulani herders had allegedly attacked some women on their way from the farm and abducted the 12-year-old girl after releasing her mother
The ugly incident is said to have occured in the afternoon with
two women got injured during the process of abduction and are said to be currently receiving treatment at the hospital.
The community swiftly responded to the abduction news, with vigilantes and hunters launching a rescue mission in the bushes.
The community had after the ugly incident issued a statement through Engr Vincent Ozemoya , the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the umbrella body of the community where he condemned the unfortunate and unacceptable development.
He said the incident has shattered the peace and accommodating spirit of the community which gave rise to strangers being allowed to live amicably in the community.