According to Vanguard,unidentified
gunmen have kidnapped three expatriate workers in Bayelsa State.
Saturday
Vanguard learnt the expatriates were seized, Wednesday, at Emakalakala in Ogbia
local government area of the state.
The
abduction, has again brought to the fore the parlous state of security in the
riverine enclave of the state where pirates and other criminal elements have
been terrorizing law abiding citizens.
Though
the nationalities of the abducted expatriates could not be ascertained they
were said to be working for a construction firm, Elmerit.
Sources
told Saturday Vanguard that the gunmen snatched their victims who were working
on road projects in the area at gunpoint and dragged them into a waiting boat
and sped away into the surrounding creeks.
As at
press time, no group had claimed responsibility for the abduction.
The
Spokesman of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta code-named ‘Operation Pulo
Shield’, Colonel Mustapha Anka, and the state Acting Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Rowland Eboka could not be reached for comments.
But a
security source, who pleaded not to be named confirmed the abduction.
He added
that security operatives were already combing the area with a view to rescuing
the victims and bring the perpetrators to book
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