By Asaye Bankole

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that two people were abducted and one person escaped during an attack by suspected bandits between Sanlu and Idofin, Yagba East Local Government Area.

According to Chief Superintendent of Police William Aya, the incident occurred while three people were traveling by car between Idofin and Isanlu. The escaped individual is identified as Raji Adesukanmi.

He added that the state commissioner of police has deployed a tactical team comprising Quick Response Unit, Anti-kidnapping, and Police Mobile Force to the area to ensure victims are rescued unhurt.

Several incidents of kidnappings have been reported on that axis up to Kwara State and other North Central states.

The kidnapping incident was coming in the trail of the Army confirming the rescue of five kidnapped victims on the same axis by the troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian army in two swift and coordinated operations around the Isanlu–Egbe area of Yagba East Local Government Area on November 29, 2025.

“The operations followed two separate kidnap incidents carried out by bandits. In the first, four civilians were abducted, and in the second, another civilian was kidnapped at a nearby location.

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