A 12-year-old girl, identified as Blessing, has been rescued by operatives of the Edo State Security Corps five days after she was abducted.

Blessing was kidnapped at Ayogwiri and rescued at Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state.

She was abducted by armed men suspected of being herders who attacked women returning from the farm.

Some of the suspected abductors were reportedly arrested.

A viral video showed moments when the teenager was rescued from the forest.

The victim narrated in the video that she spent five days with the kidnappers.

One of the vigilance members who joined the rescue operation, but pleaded anonymity, said the forest was combed before the victim was sighted.

He said the kidnappers fled after a shoot-out.

Edo Police spokesman Musa Yamu could not be reached for comments.