Police rescue NURTW kidnap victim in royal father’s palace

A National Union of Road Transport Workers,
NURTW, member, Bernard Oyeogun,
kidnapped, Wednesday, by a rival faction in
Agbor, Delta State, has been rescued by the
police from the palace of a royal father,
(names withheld), where he was unlawfully
held for one night.
Saturday Vanguard was informed, yesterday,
that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in the
area, who acted on a tip-off, stormed the
palace with policemen on Thursday and
unchained the victim.
He was battered by his captors and there was
fear, yesterday, that he might go blind.
There has been a simmering dispute between
two factions of the union in the area and a
source confided to Saturday Vanguard that the
national executive of the union dissolved the
chapter, yesterday afternoon, after it was
briefed on the development.
The royal father was said to be away from his
palace when the incident occurred, but he,
allegedly, has sympathy for one of the rival
factions. However, two persons, aged 31 and
41 years respectively have been arrested in
connection with the incident.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Delta
State, Lucky Uyabame, confirmed the incident
and arrest of two persons to Saturday
Vanguard.
He said the Divisional Police Officer, Agbor,
led his patrol team to the palace of the
monarch, where they found the victim, who
was assaulted and taken hostage from the
Agbor-Ogwashi-Uku motor park, Agbor by
three members of the rival group.