Gunmen abduct National Youth Service Corps members in Rivers state

Gunmen have kidnapped number of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, whose identities were yet to be known as at the time of filing this report.

Penpushing reports that sources said the victims were returning to Rivers State after their Orientation Camp in Ondo State when they were kidnapped around 9 p.m., on their way to Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The source added that a witness was said to have called a radio station in the city to announce the abduction of her sister-in-law and colleagues, adding that they were abducted on the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road.

Penpushing further reports that the sources explained that five of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members reportedly to have narrowly escaped and reported the incident to the Rumuji Divisional Police Station.

The Rivers State Police Command Public Relations Officer Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the incident on Thursday adding that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Okon Effiong had deployed a tactical team to track down the kidnappers.

Penpushing also reports that the command spokesperson as at the time of this report said some of the abducted corps members have been rescued but did not give specific figures, while  a witness, however, counter the police claim on the rescue.

‘Those the police say they have rescued were lucky corps members, who escaped the kidnap. What happened was that a group of corps members, who live in Rivers state, were on their way to Port Harcourt from the NYSC Camp in Ondo after passing through orientation in that state,” the witness said.

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