24th June, 2018
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
Nine passengers, made up of five female and four male who were kidnapped by armed men at Igwuirita, in Ikwerre Local Government area of Rivers State have been rescued by a combined team of policemen, soldiers and other security agencies in the early hours of Sunday, June 24.
The passengers were ambushed at Igwuirita on their way to Port Harcourt from Owerri and later taken to a hideout.
Luck ran out of them when security men who, acting on a tip off swooped on them in their hideout and rescued the nine passengers unhurt.
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, who announced their release commended his operatives and sister security agencies for the successful rescue operation.
Commenting on the incident, the newly elected Chairman, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Samuel Nwanosike in a statement on Sunday declared that the council had zero tolerance for kidnapping.
Nwanosike vowed that Ikwerre LGA would no longer be a safe haven for kidnappers and other criminals.