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 bythe police from the palace of a royal
father, (names withheld), where he was unlawfully held for one night.
SaturdayVanguard 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 factionsof the union
in the areaand a source confided to Saturday Vanguard that the
national executive of the union dissolved the chapter, yesterday
afternoon, after it wasbriefed 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 31and 41 years respectively
have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Police Public RelationsOfficer, PPRO, Delta State, Lucky Uyabame,
confirmed the incident and arrestof 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.