Police deploys tactical team to secure release of ex-DPO

Edo State Police Command said it has deployed tactical team to secure release of an octogenarian and retired Superintendent of Police, Chief James Omafuaire.

Chief Omafuaire was abducted alongside his wife, Victoria, at his Ikpeshi Quarry site in Akoko Edo local government area of Edo.

Edo police spokesman, DSP Moses Nkombe, who confirmed the abduction, said the police had deployed tactical team in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters to secure release of Chief Omafuaire.

He assured that the entire forest in the area would be combed.

It would be recalled that kidnappings have been on the increase in Edo State in the last two months.

A musician, Osayomore Joseph, who was abducted on October 3 is yet to be released.

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