The Inspector-Ordinary of Police, Olatunji Disu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector-Universal of Police in expense of Operations, DIG Shehu Nadada, to Imo Status to oversee the look for-and-rescue operation for 20 prospective Statewide Youth Offering Corps, NYSC, members and other passengers abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road.
The assessment was carried out alongside the Imo Status Commissioner of Police, CP Audu Garba Bosso; Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations, CP Akpan Anifiok; the Commissioner of Police in expense of the Police Mobile Force; other facility commanders and members of the guidance group of the Imo Condition Police Command.
Iniedu said Nadada arrived in Imo together with two Commissioners of Police and immediately assessed the scenario at the scene, as well as the in progress efforts to locate and rescue the victims.
“The Nigeria Police Force is committed to securing the reliable rescue of the 20 abducted persons and will sustain the operation pending the mission is successfully concluded,” Iniedu quoted Nadada as saying.
The DIG appealed to members of the audience and the media to continue calm and attentive, whereas urging anyone together with credible details that could help the rescue operation to document to the police or the nearest security formation.
Nadada, according to the statement, assured members of the society that the police would carry on engaged to consistent the protected concern of those abducted.
The Force People Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, CSP Anietie Iniedu, disclosed this in a allege issued on Friday.
“All facts received will be treated including strict confidentiality,” he said.
According to Iniedu, the police have intensified the pursue operation, deploying additional tactical teams and functioning resources to identified locations.
He said the operation was being reinforced across intelligence-led efforts to follow the abductors, alongside coordinated operations including other security agencies.
The DIG moreover reviewed the functioning strategies, deployment of personnel and accessible functioning assets prior to issuing added directives aimed at strengthening the coordinated reply.
The victims were reportedly abducted on Thursday, October 1, 2026, nearby the Umunoha area of Imo Declare.
The police said extra statistics on the rescue operation would be made equipped as developments unfold.
