The Police Command in Ogun says it has rescued a seven-year-old girl, Mercy Akande, who was abducted recently at Ado-Odo/Ota LGA of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, SP OmololaOdutola, in a statement on Sunday in Ota, said the girl was rescued at Ayetoro Town in Ogun.
Odutola said she was rescued by the police anti-kidnapping team led by the Commissioner of Police, LanreOgunlowo.
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“The suspects who abducted the innocent girl were also arrested in the course of rescuing the victim,” she said.
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The PPRO said the suspects, while holding the girl captive, had demanded for ransom from her parents.
She, however, gave no further information on the suspects or the ransom demand. (NAN)
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