Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has demanded the immediate rescue of National Youth Service Corps members abducted in Imo State. The corps members, graduates of tertiary institutions in Oyo State travelling from Ibadan to the NYSC camp in Bende, Abia State, were ambushed at about 6:30 a.m. on October 1 along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway around Umunoha in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State. Adebayo said this in a statement signed by Comrade Mark Adebayo, the Head of Media and Communications, Adewole Adebayo-Bugaje Presidential Campaign, on Friday. Ten victims were rescued at the scene by security operatives, while others remain in captivity. Condemning the attack, Adebayo said: "This cowardly attack on young citizens serving their fatherland is an unacceptable assault on the nation's future." He charged the Inspector-General of Police, military high command and Imo State Commission.
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