POLICE LOCATE SUSPECTED HIDEOUT OF ABDUCTED NYSC MEMBERS IN IMO
Security agencies in Imo State have located what police describe as the suspected hideout of kidnappers holding prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted along the Owerri Onitsha Road. The victims were taken on October 1 while travelling from Ibadan to orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states. Police say the rescue operation has intensified, with senior officers and additional tactical teams deployed to Imo State. Local reporting citing the Imo State Commissioner of Police says a direct advance toward the suspected camp was delayed after intelligence indicated possible improvised explosive devices around the area. Police have not publicly released full operational details, and the exact number of people still being held has been reported differently by official and private sources.