Nigeria, Oct. 4 -- The police in Imo State say they have identified the location where about 19 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC ) members abducted in the state are being held.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Audu Bosso, disclosed this while speaking with reporters on Saturday.

A video clip, which showed the police chief making the remarks, has been circulating on social media.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that gunmen abducted the prospective NYSC members at about 6:30 a.m. on Thursday along the Owerri-Onitsha Road by Umunoha in Imo State.

The prospective NYSC members were travelling from Ibadan, Oyo State, to orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

The police later said 10 victims were rescued at the...