By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT – Unknown gunmen have abducted eleven passengers in a bus on Ndele-Elele axis of East-West road, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Monday night. The victims were said to have boarded the vehicle at Rumuokoro in Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor LGA, and were travelling to Ndele, Elele and Ahoada before the incident happened.

Vanguard learned that 18 passengers and the driver, making it 19 persons, but said 16 person were in the vehicle when the bandits intercepted 8pm.

Mr. Bright Welekwe, one of the victims, who escaped from the kidnappers during the incident that told Vanguard that three of the passengers had alighted at Ndele before the incident. Welekwe revealed that when the remaining 17 persons were forced into the bush that he sneaked into the bush and ran straight back to the road.

The victim further disclosed that when he got to the road, where the bus was abandoned that he met four of the passengers, who he said had also escaped. He said: “We were 19 that boarded a bus from Rumuokoro going to Ahoada but when we got to Ndele three people dropped after they dropped it did not take long, within the bush between Ndele and Elele Alimini hoodlums ambushed us and tried to take us inside the bush me and other four persons escaped before police personnel arrived the scene.

“But I am sure they did not recover the rest people that night even with the help of soldiers, police officers carried five of us to a place where we saw another vehicle and joined to our destination.”

However, at press time, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, has not confirmed the incident, as text and calls made to his phone neither returned nor replied. But, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ahmed Zaki, who confirmed the incident in a radio station in the state, noted that the police is on top of the situation.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-11-passengers-rivers/

Hmm... Rivers State again?

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In a state that has a 'governor', everyday them dey pick people like beans yet if you see Rivers State advert for CNN you fit resign from your job in a major tech company in Silicon valley in the Us to come look for job in Rivers state! Uncle Wike good evening i dey greet oooo!!!

Cultism and gangsterism is in its zenith in Rivers now

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new trend in Rivers state. had some experience while traveling to PH on Sunday, kidnappers were operating along ubima axis. No traveller could leave the military check point out of fear, it took the intervention of the heavily armed military guys who escorted droves of travellers to the round about at ubima on-ward ph.

Avoid night travel, anything pass when you cant see without natural light sleep at your location kontinue next day¬.

naija wil hail thee

ShyCypher:
Well... let's look on the bright side...
19 less agitatin' flattinos to deal with.

Thought you afonjas said Rivers is not IPOB, you guys like shifting goal posts

ShyCypher:
Well... let's look on the bright side...
19 less agitatin' flattinos to deal with.

Thought you afonjas said Rivers is not IPOB, you guys like shifting goal posts

Security is weak in rivers state, wike is a criminal

During the day, the police will stage a checking point pole to pole in that axis collecting money instead of intelligent gathering, when the night falls, you will not see them again.

Integrityfarms:
Cultism and gangsterism is in its zenith in Rivers now

U talk carelessly Lagos is even worst..

am always scared wen I ply that road whether by day or nite.

Na wah no security anywhere

Rivers of sorrow

That East- West road is really dangerous. 3weeks ago a fully loaded bus was intercepted by those hoodlums and the passengers were robbed and kidnapped along that same road

KillerFrost:
By Davies Iheamnachor



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/breaking-gunmen-kidnap-11-passengers-rivers/

na wa ooo


This is the same pple asking oil companies to relocate their headquarters. Kidnapping passengers everyday.

How much do these idiots think they can collect from the families of those boarding public transport to their destination?

Politicians, whether those in APC, PDP, APGA or XYZ, have really succeeded in destroying this country.

johnreh:
new trend in Rivers state. had some experience while traveling to PH on Sunday, kidnappers were operating along ubima axis. No traveller could leave the military check point out of fear, it took the intervention of the heavily armed military guys who escorted droves of travellers to the round about at ubima on-ward ph.

this rivers state sef. Naija don tire me
who can arrest this situation?
make i come start to find my Burundi visa.

That road is quite dangerous at night.

rivers state again

Rivers is something else now

When Chalatans come online to sing Wikes praises or hype Rivers State I just laugh and shake my head. Rivers State has been in distress since the days of Peter Odili. The state is economically comatose. Big businesses have closed and moved. Insecurity became rife after the Youths realised that kidnapping was a faster source of money. There are no good paying jobs in Rivers State outside of the Banks and Oil Companies. The economy of the State is not just one tracked but also stagnated. Michelin Nigeria has abandoned base. Other big companies are paying an arm an a leg in security fees to the Police and Army. Have you seen Shell Nigeria moving their personnel in Rivers State? The only thing lacking is an attack helicopter. When these companies are not paying for security they are settling community Chiefs, Youths and touts. I can count the number of companies that have been blockaded by Youths and Juju severally. Nigerian Breweries na regular customer for Oginigba Youths. The Rivers Man is too intellectually Lazy to even do Yahoo business. It's always "Contracts" and "Government appointment".

Wike can't do shiit about it cos he can't turn his back on the community people and touts that helped him into power. Obio Akpor and Phalga Local Government Agents are all touts harassing the small business owners for one ridiculous levy or tax or sticker. The day the Oil dries up the State is finished. Look at Lagos.. Multiple sources of income for their economy and they keep opening up newer avenues. The tallest building in Rivers State was built in the 1970s. The biggest hotel remains the Presidential Hotel built about the same era. The States Ineternational Airport isn't fit to be a motor park. The Seaport in Onne is just for bragging rights and nothing else. The Railways are none exiting. Agriculture is not in the books of the Rivers Man and Even the States owned Palm Plantation which uses to be the best in Africa has been sold off. NAFCON which was the National fertilizer company is a thing to be remembered. Even Shoprrite will not open a branch in the State despite Ibadan and Enugu all having same. Real Estate business is A new concept to the state (Don't call Gulf Estate cos we all know how that came about). Almost all the businesses in the State are store and supermarket business.

This insecurity can't be stopped by Guns.. The streets are filled with hungry and lazy youths. The Government does not care as long as they keep the PDP Monopoly going at the expense of state security. Islanders, Greenish, Dey Bam, Dey Well and co have always existed in Rivers State but ever since they got the backing of the Government for political purposes, they grew into something else.

Rivers State is a State in distress and until the Government comes out with an honest approach to fixing the economic stagnation and rot in the State, the insecurity will keep rising.

Anybody with even 500k value wey want ehn peace of mind will not stay in Rivers State if they can. I know many People who relocated their families from Rivers State and only remain in the State for work and fly out almost every weekend to visit their families.

Wike and his boys

Sad news, hope they get released