An undisclosed number of National Youth Service Corps members have reportedly been kidnapped while returning from orientation camp in Rivers State.
They were reportedly abducted in Emohua Local Government Area of the state my
The Corp members who partook in the orientation camping exercise in Ondo State were abducted at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to a source privy to one of the victims had called to informed a radio station about the abduction of her sister-in-law and colleagues.
The source added that, “corps members were abducted on the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in Emohua, Rivers State.
Meanwhile, Five of the corps members reportedly escaped the abduction and reported at the Rumuji Divisional Police Station.
As of the time if filing the number of corps members abducted by the kidnappers could not be ascertained.
Reacting to the incident, the state Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, aid a police tactical team has been deployed to track down assailants.
While disclosing this in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the state capRivers Police Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, revealed that some of the corps members have been rescued but did not disclosed how many they are.
She assured that efforts are on to free those still with the kidnappers den.
Truth Live News gathered that, a security source and eye witness who confided in Vanguard disclosed that, “Those the police say they have rescued were lucky corps members, who escaped the kidnap. What happened was that a group of corps members, who live in Rivers were on their way to Port Harcourt from the NYSC Camp in Ondo after passing through orientation in that state.
According to the eye witness, the incident happened on Tuesday,May 16, 2023.”
“They (the Corp members) likely had jointly hired the Port Harcourt bound bus. At Rumuji, about 9p.m., on the East West Road, they were already in Rumuji when the bus was hijacked. It is not clear how many persons were abducted but five of the travellers escaped and ran to the Rumuji Police Division to report the matter,” he said.