The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has welcomed the rescue of the medical students recently kidnapped in Benue State and the prospective corps members kidnapped in Zamfara in August 2023.

Obi, who described the rescue of both the medical students and corps members as relieving and gladdening, thanked the security agencies who contributed to the rescue operations.

The 20 medical students who were abducted in Benue State on their way to Enugu State have been rescued.

According to security sources, the rescue operation was coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser.

In a related development, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major General Yusha’u Ahmed, also announced the rescue of all eight prospective corps members who were kidnapped along Funtua-Gusua Road of Zamfara State on August 17, 2023.