No fewer than 10 travellers were kidnapped by unknown gunmen suspected to be sea pirates, in the early hours of Monday along the Bonny-Port Harcourt waterway.
Confirming the incident, the Chairman, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Rivers State District, Israel Pepple, said, “It is not a rumour, it is real. Ten persons have been kidnapped this morning coming from Bonny to Port Harcourt. We’ve reported to the security agencies.”
Meanwhile, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, said he had yet to be briefed on the matter.
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