Some members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have reportedly been kidnapped in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The victims who were abducted around 9pm on Tuesday, 16th May, were said to be on their way back from the recent orientation camp exercise in Ondo State.
This was confirmed by an eyewitness, who called a radio station in the city to announce the abduction of her sister-in-law and colleagues.
The witness added that the corps members, were abducted on the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in Emohua, Rivers State.
Five of the corps members escaped the abduction and reported at the Rumuji Divisional Police Station.
The number of victims abducted by the kidnappers, was not ascertained at press time.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has deployed tactical team to track down the gunmen who abducted the NYSC members.
Rivers Police Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, who disclosed the CP’s order in Port Harcourt, yesterday, explained without giving specific figures, that some of the corps members have been rescued and efforts are on to free those still with the kidnappers.
A security source and eye witness told Vanguard: “Those the police say they have rescued were lucky corps members, who escaped the kidnap.
The witness continued, “It happened on May 16. They likely had jointly hired the Port Harcourt bound bus. At Rumuji, about 9p.m., on the East West Road, they were already in Rumuji when the bus was hijacked. It is not clear how many persons were abducted but five of the travellers escaped and ran to the Rumuji Police Division to report the matter.”
– VANGUARD
