Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday praised President Bola Tinubu for the rescue of the 20 medical students and eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members.
Clark also hailed the security agencies for their roles in the operations.
In a personal statement, the former National Commissioner said the successful rescue was a major victory for the Tinubu administration.
He said: “The rescue of the 20 medical students and the eight youth corps members from Akwa Ibom State, who were rescued after spending one year in the bush in the hands of their abductors, is a major victory for the President Tinubu administration, and I commend him for it.
“I commend the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and all those who participated in this rescue mission. I pray that such rescue methods should be deployed all over the country, across the Northeast, Northwest, Northcentral, Southeast, Southwest and Southsouth.”
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