By Gbenga Sodeinde
The joint border patrol of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Police in Kwara State has rescued a 12 years old boy, who is suspected to be a kidnap victim.
This was revealed in a release signed by the public relations officer of the NSCDC in Kwara State, Babawale Zaid Afolabi and made available to the newsmen on Friday.
According to Babawale, the operatives of the lmmigration service on a routine border patrol, spotted an unmarked vehicle and stopped the driver who later took to his heel on sighting the officers leaving the car.
” It was when the immigration officers searched the vehicle that they discovered a coffin and when they opened the coffin, a minor of about 12 years old was seen put inside the casket covering him with white cloth”..Babawale explained.
He narrated further that the immigration operatives alerted NSCDC and other security agencies involving in border patrol and efforts are ongoing to arrest the two occupants of the vehicle who are now at large.
” The boy has been medically examined and found to be fine while further check revealed that the boy is from a village in Benin Republic” He noted.
In the meantime , the rescued minor has been handed over to the policemen in Benin Republic for further investigations and subsequent reunion with his family.