Nigeria, March 22 -- Three kidnap victims were on Saturday rescued in a security operation by the Joint Security Team in Anambra, along Onitsha/Owerri express road, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.

Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement today.

He said thevictims, rescuedat about7:20am were rushed to the hospital by the joint security team following various degrees of injury already inflicted on them by the criminals.

Ikengasaid they are currently responding to treatment andwill subsequently be debriefed by the Police.

He said, "Different security checkpoints in the State were alerted when the information of their abduction at Nkwelle-Ezunaka in...