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From Obinna Odogwu, Awka and Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja
Anambra State Police Command, on Friday, said that security operatives have rescued two persons abducted by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state during an attack on the US Consulate staff convoy.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, said that the joint security forces rescued the victims in the early hours of Friday. The statement reads: “In the early hours of friday, 19/5/2023, the joint security forces rescued unhurt the two remaining victims abducted during the attack on a US convoy attack along Atani/Osamala Road in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.”
The PPRO said that operations were still ongoing and that further details would be communicated to the public soon
Meanwhile the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria has confirmed that two of the Anambra convoy members have been recovered.
In a statement issued in Abuja, the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria said the two employees who have been missing since the May 16 attack in Anambra State are alive and safe, and under the protection of Nigerian authorities in Anambra.
“We have informed their families of their safe recovery. U.S. Mission personnel are on their way to meet and accompany them home,” the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria said.
The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria also said it will continue to work intensively with Nigerian security and law enforcement on the matter, to identify the victims previously found, and to bring to justice, those responsible for this heinous attack.
“We welcome any information the public may have in this regard. We are deeply grateful for the partnership and solidarity of the Nigerian government and Nigerian security and law enforcement colleagues and mourn with them for those who died in the attack,” the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria further said.
