Mother Of Abducted Prospective NYSC Member Begs Tinubu To Rescue Daughter, 18 Others

An Ibadan-based woman, Mrs. Alimot Akande, the mother of one of the 19 prospective National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) abducted on their way to Abia State on Thursday, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to rescue her daughter and 18 other kidnapped persons.

Akande, who made the appeal while speaking with journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital yesterday, said her daughter is among the 19 prospective NYSC members who were abducted.

The prospective NYSC members were said to have left Ibadan on Wednesday and were kidnapped between Anambra and Abia States in the early hours of Thursday.

She appealed to Tinubu and the security agencies to rescue the victims unhurt, adding that efforts to reach her daughter had been unsuccessful since then.

“I am Mrs Alimot Akande. I am the parent of one of the victims. The prospective corps members boarded a bus belonging to a commercial transport company in the Sango area for the long journey to Abia State.

“The passengers had a stopover on Wednesday night in Onitsha at about 10 p.m., and the journey continued on Thursday morning before she quickly dropped a message that simply said, ‘kidnappers!’ indicating that the bus had been attacked by suspected armed kidnappers.

“I appeal to the federal government, the NYSC, the police and other security agencies to rescue my daughter and the others unhurt,” she said.