Nigeria, May 26 -- The Ondo State Security Network (Amotekun Corps) has rescued a three-year-old boy, Ifeanyi Emmanuel, from kidnappers.

The boy was reportedly abducted on Thursday in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State and brought to Akure, the state capital, by his captors.

The child's uncle, Chidiebere Okwuosa, who received the child on behalf of the family, said Ifeanyi went missing while his parents were away.

He said while his father was at work, his mother was attending a burial ceremony elsewhere.

"When we returned, we couldn't find him. We searched the entire village with the help of a town crier and reported the case to the police, but there was no trace of Ifeanyi," he said.

Hope was rekindled when the family saw...