Unidentified gunmen suspected to
be sea pirates on Wednesday, attacked two passenger boats and kidnapped
three persons along the Ogbia to Brass waterways in Bayelsa.
Asinim Butswat, Police Spokesman for Bayelsa Command, confirmed the development on Thursday but said that details were still sketchy. "I am waiting for details.", Butwat said.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the abducted victims were two Okpoama community Chiefs, identified as Chief Blessing Wagio and Chief Isaac Akono-Igolo, as well as a security man whose identity could not be ascertained.
The
victims’ boats reportedly left the Ogbia water front at about 2pm on
Wednesday for Brass, when they came under attack around Kiberibio area
of the Ogbia-Brass waterway.
A staff of the state Ministry of Education heading to Brass, a naval officer and a former Chief Librarian in the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Chief Jigekuma Ombu-Kieri, escaped the attack unhurt.
An eyewitness in one of the boats, Mrs Kilete Arum,
also told NAN that she saw an unidentified man lying face down in the
pirates' speed boat when they were being dispossessed of their
valuables.
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