Nigeria’s Imo State Police Command says it rescues a kidnap victim during an intelligence-led forest operation in Owerri West Local Government Area. Multiple reports describe a raid carried out in response to kidnapping activity, with police moving into a forest area to disrupt suspected criminal hideouts. Vanguard reports that the operation is intended to strengthen internal security, dismantle criminal hideouts, and deny criminals safe havens. The Punch identifies the rescued victim as Chinonaobi Uchegbulam and says the police carried out the operation in the forest during the raid. Both accounts frame the incident as a planned security action based on intelligence, rather than a spontaneous rescue. The reports focus on the rescue and the police objective of denying kidnappers operational space. No additional details about suspects, arrests, or injuries are provided in the excerpts.