A 69-year-old farmer who was kidnapped on Wednesday, Alhaji Alaga Olayemi, has been rescued from a seven-man gang in Kwara state.

Kwara Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega confirmed the incident.

Bagega disclosed that the victim, who was kidnapped in his farm at Oke Onigbin, was rescued on Friday after a painstaking search and rescue operation conducted within Oke Onigbin, Iloffa, Ekiti, and Eruku areas of the state.

The commissioner stressed that the operation has involved the police and other members of the security community in the state.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the intense efforts and the pressure mounted by security agents forced the abductors to abandon their victims at Oyogbo village when it became obvious they couldn’t escape arrest.

“The victim is presently undergoing medical checkup in a hospital (name withheld).
“Effort is being intensified to get the abductors apprehended,” he said.

The police commissioner, however, called on the public to cooperate more with the police by offering useful information.
He promised the residents of their safety at all times while warning criminal elements to vacate the state.

The police command, he said, would not hesitate to employ all lawful means to deal with criminals, irrespective of their status.