Police in Lagos has said that the kidnapped director of Lagos State Fire Service, Rasaki Musibau, has been released.
Mr Musibau and six other persons were abducted last Saturday at about 8.00pm at Ketu-Ereyun, Ikorodu area of the state.
In a statement on Wednesday morning, the police said the victims have since reunited with their families.
It added that its tactical teams were still in the creeks and forests combating the hoodlums.
The Command says it is doing its best ‘to forestall future occurrence’ and that it appreciates the state government and those who ‘provided useful information that facilitated the prompt rescue of the victims.’
Police commissioner, Zubairu Muazu, had told journalists on Tuesday after a security council meeting with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, that security agencies were doing all in their power to free the kidnap victims.