No less than seven officers of the Nigerian Navy have been abducted in Edo State by unknown gunmen.
The Navy officers were abducted along Benin-Sapele Road on their way to Delta state from Kaduna State. They were from a Naval Base in Kaduna State.
Though five of the Naval officers have been rescued by the police, two have not been accounted for.
This comes days after the Islamic State in West African Province abducted two soldiers on their way to Kano from Borno State.
ISWAP also released their pictures and identity cards, prompting the army to ban soldiers from travelling out Borno State.
It was gathered that policemen from the Edo State Command, acting on intelligence report, rescued five of the officers while two others are still missing.
The State Command’s spokesperson, SP. Kotongs Bello, confirmed the development.
He said: “We rescued five and two others are yet to be rescued. That is the one I am aware of,”.
