No fewer than five persons, including two women, were on Tuesday kidnapped on the Bonny coastal waters by suspected pirates in Rivers State.
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This came barely two weeks after five members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, who were travelling in a passenger boat to Port Harcourt were abducted along the Kula-Abonnema waterway.
The maritime workers were released about four days later.
It was gathered that the latest incident took place near the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne area of the state.
The five persons were reportedly abducted in a 10-seater capacity passenger speed boat between 7.30 and 8am on Tuesday.
A source said, “The incident has been reported to the Marine Police; five of the passengers were abducted while the other passengers were allowed to continue the journey to Port Harcourt.”
When contacted, the state Police Public Relation Officer, SP Nnmadi Omoni, said he would get back to our correspondent.
Omoni had yet to do so as at the time of filing this report.
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