Law/Judiciary
Police Rescue Kidnapped 16 Bus Passengers
The Rivers State po
lice Command has said that the 16 occupants of the 16 seater passengers bus kidnapped recently by unknown gunmen along Ama community near Omoku have been released.
A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, (PPRO), ASP Nnamdi Omoni, disclosed that all the kidnapped victims have regained their freedom and rejoined by their families.
According to the statement, the hoodlums have devised new methods in their operations through the use of military uniforms and disguised as if they were military officers to carry out the evil activities.
He urged the public to always contact the police control room for prompt action even as he assured that the police would continue to be pro-active in fighting crime and protection of live in the state.
It would be recalled that unknown gun men at the weekend abducted a 16-seater bus from Port Harcourt to Omoku and kidnapped all the occupants of the bus thereby and took them to unknown destination.
The kidnappers were also said to have set the bus ablaze, causing panic to the affected victims