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An Army officer, Captain Gana and two others who were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Akoko area of Ondo state, have been rescued by security operatives.

Captain Gana and other travellers were abducted around Auga-Akoko-Ibilo Edo state axis and they were also rescued at a forest around the boundary of Ondo-Edo states near Ibilo.<!--more-->

Spokesman of the Nigerian Army 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Captain Ayorinde Omojokun said combined team of the Army and other security agencies rescued the military officer without paying any ransom.

The kidnappers who earlier demanded twenty million naira ransom, escaped from from their den where the victims were kept.