Pirates abduct 5 Persons in Rivers State

Sea pirates operating along Bonny high sea in the early hours of Tuesday abducted five persons.

Our reporter learnt that the incident happened very close to the Federal Ocean Terminal, Onne.

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A police source in Bonny who confirmed the incident to reporters disclosed that five persons were kidnapped after Onne river in a 10 passenger speedboat around 7.30am on Tuesday morning.

The source disclosed that the victims were two females and three males saying that the incident has been reported to the Marine Police in Port Harcourt by the boat driver, while efforts are being made to rescue the victims.

A community source revealed that the boat the victims boarded was an outboard engine powered speedboat that carries 10 passengers saying that the boat was on its way from Bonny to Port Harcourt Tuesday morning.

The source pointed out that five of the passengers were abducted while the other passengers were allowed to continue the journey to Port Harcourt.

Rivers State Police Command Public Relation Officer, SP Nnmadi Omoni did not his call when our reporter called his line and did not also reply the text message sent to him on the matter.