Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- The Benue State Police Command says it has secured the release of nine worshippers abducted during a night vigil at St John's Catholic Church in Ojije, Ado Local Government Area, and arrested four suspects in connection with the crime.

In a statement on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Udeme Edet, said the victims were freed after coordinated operations involving the command and other security agencies.

"Operatives of the Ado Division, acting on credible intelligence, arrested two suspects, Abubakar Jibril and Ashiru Ibrahim, in connection with the night-vigil kidnapping incident," she said.

Ms Edet stated that the two suspects were arrested on 11 February and were found with five rounds of 7.62mm ammu...