A man named Bewaji Oladipo, who was reportedly abducted by gangsters in Lagos, at Railway Crossing, Inisa, in Osun has been said to have been rescued on Saturday by Osun state police command.

The command, in a press statement by its spokesperson, SP Folashade Odoro, said the abducted victim was rescued at about 6:45 p.m., on Friday by the state police “Puff Adder” operatives, during a stop-and-search operation along Osogbo-Ilorin expressway.

It said the victim was abducted when he went to withdraw cash from an ATM machine within his vicinity at Command Area Iyana-Ipaja Lagos, by suspected four-man kidnapping gang, two of them dressed in military camouflage.

The command said the abductors fled when their vehicle was stopped by the police team and their victim was rescued from the abandoned vehicle.

It said efforts were thereby being carried out to apprehend the fleeing culprits, adding that the victim had been reunited with his family.