Men armed with fatal weapon
suspected to be sea pirates on Wednesday 26th of August 2015, attacked
two passenger boats and kidnapped three persons along the Ogbia to Brass
waterways in Bayelsa according to new report.
Asinim Butswat, Police
Spokesman for Bayelsa Command, confirmed the development on Thursday but said
that details were still sketchy, “I am waiting for details,” Butswat said.
It was 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 said that she saw an unidentified man lying
face down in the pirates’ speed boat when they were being dispossessed of their
valuables. (NAN)
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