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FRSC rescues pregnant woman from kidnappers in Badagry

  Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) carrying out their duties on a highway in the country.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) carrying out their duties on a highway in the country.

Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have rescued a pregnant woman who was suspected to have been kidnapped from her adductors.

 

According to a statement signed by, the Corps Commander, Corps Public Education Officer, FRSC, Bisi Kazeem said the woman was rescued at about 7:30am local time (06:3hrs) today  by a team of Badagry unit of the corps.

 

“At about 0730HRS this morning of Sunday 25th February, 2018,   a team of Badagry Unit of FRSC led by Assistant Route Commander P Danboyi accosted a vehicle with registration number KTU 356 CE at AP filling station before Aradagun Bus stop in Badagry, Lagos.  In the vehicle were two suspected kidnappers (male) and a pregnant woman who was their victim,” Kazeem said.

 

The FRSC spokesman added that the pregnant woman  who sustained body injuries while struggling with her abductor was taken to an hospital in the area where she was delivered of a baby boy.

and was taken to Ola-Oki hospital Ibereko where she was delivered of a baby boy. The two kidnappers were about been burnt by irate mob when some soldiers arrived the scene and arrested them and handed them over to the Nigeria Police in Badagry .

 

Speaking on the development, Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi who commended the act of gallantry and bravery displayed by the officers before they could rescue the pregnant woman, assured members of the  public that his FRSC operatives are not only on the road to see to free flow of traffic and safety but also to ensure security of road users by cooperating with other law enforcement agencies to shield them from marauders and bandits.

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