Gunmen Kidnap 11 Passengers In Rivers

Some gunmen on Monday
kidnapped 11 passengers in a
bus along the Ndele-Elele area of
East-West Road in the Emohua Local
Government Area of Rivers State.




The victims were travelling to Ndele,
Elele and Ahoada before the incident
happened.



It was gathered that some of the
passengers narrowly escaped the
kidnap because they alighted before
the vehicle got to its final
destination.
Bright Welekwe, one of the victims
who escaped from the kidnappers a
few hours after the abduction said
three of the passengers alighted at
Ndele before the incident occurred.



He said 17 persons in the vehicle
were forced into the bush at
gunpoint.



He added that he met four of the
passengers, who he said had also
escaped, adding that the police later
came to rescue five of them at that
point.



Welekwe stated, “We were 19 that
boarded a bus from Rumuokoro on
our way to Ahoada, but when we
got to Ndele, three people
disembarked.



It did not take long;
along the bush between Ndele and
Elele Alimini, hoodlums ambushed us
and took us inside the bush. Four
other persons and I escaped before
police personnel arrived at the
scene.



“But I am sure they did not rescue
the rest that night even with the
help of soldiers.



Police officers
carried five of us to a place where
we boarded another vehicle to our
destinations.”



State police commissioner, Zaki
Ahmed, confirmed the incident on a
radio programme.