The Ogun State Police Command has rescued nine out of the 10 members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos kidnapped by gunmen last Thursday on their way back from Ibadan.
The State Police Commissioner, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, confirmed the development at a news briefing in Abeokuta on Monday.
He named Mr Phillip Aivoji, Chairman of PDP in Lagos among those freed, regretting, however, that one of the abductees, Bilikisu Kazeem, lost her life during exchange of gunfire between police and the hoodlums.
According to him, the abductees were rescued early on Jan. 29 after four days in captivity.
DAILY POST recalls that Aivoji and nine others were kidnapped on their way back from Ibadan around Ogere axis of Lagos-Ibadan expressway after attending a PDP meeting in Ibadan.
The police commissioner said that he was not aware of any ransom being paid to the hoodlums before the release of the PDP chieftains.
The Police Command had, on Saturday, said in a statement issued by Mr Omolola Odutola, the Public Relations Officer, that its operatives were making concerted efforts to free the kidnapped PDP officials unhurt.
Alamutu, however, sympathized with the family of the 37-year-old Bilikisu Kazeem who died as a result of the bullets wound she sustained during the incident
Police rescue abducted Lagos PDP chairman, eight others
