Afrigather Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt
Printed 20 April 2022
The driver of a industrial bus and three passengers kidnapped alongside the Emuoha-Kalabari Toll road in Rivers Tell beget regained their freedom, after spending about 10 days in captivity.
The driver who spoke on condition of anonymity on a popular radio effect, Naija Recordsdata 92.3 Port Harcourt, monitored by our correspondent explained how the gunmen hijacked his bus.
The driver said the kidnappers hid somewhere alongside the avenue while he became once ferrying his passengers when they all of sudden appeared on the avenue and started taking pictures into the air.
“The next element I seen became once boys coming out with weapons and taking pictures into the air. That became once when I utilized the breaks.
“They hijacked the bus and took us interior a bush. We were altogether eight of us. It became once simplest seven of us they took contained within the bush,” he acknowledged.
He additional explained that of the seven persons, three were freed by the abductors earlier, while the others were taken into the bush.
“We spent about one week with them within the bush earlier than they took us to the a form of aspect of the avenue,” he acknowledged, even as he
spoke about their experiences while in captivity.
“If you survey me now, there are accidents all by strategy of my physique. I don’t beget a dime. The distance they kept us, no dwelling, we aesthetic lay on the ground.
“They were taking us from one camp to the a form of. We’re going to defend there for 2 days then lag to yet one more space. We were trekking till we got to East-West avenue the put they launched us,” he added.
He said the kidnappers told them that they resorted to faulty acts for the reason that authorities stopped them from their illegal bunkering industry.
“The people said the authorities stopped them from doing kpofire (illegal oil bunkering). This is why they enter avenue (sic).
“They said there became once no job, that felt pity for us that we weren’t the style of people they were looking out out and that they were sorry.
“They said they were looking out out mountainous men. Nonetheless we suffered,” he lamented.
When contacted, the performing spokesperson of the command Police Sing, DSP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed their release.
She said, “Yes, they’ve been launched. They were rescued with the efforts of the police.”
Iringe-Koko additional acknowledged that efforts were ongoing to apprehend the kidnappers and be traipse they face the law.
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