Saturday 3 September 2016

Niger Delta militants kidnap 15 oil workers near Port Harcourt

Gunmen suspected to be Niger Delta militants have kidnapped 14  oil workers and their driver, police said on Saturday, September 3, 2016.

This is coming on the heels of a ceasefire declared by dominant militants grous, Niger Delta Avenegers and Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta People. .

The abduction took place on a road connecting the towns of Omoku and Elele, near Port Harcourt, Rivers state, in the early hours of Friday as the employees of an oil services contractor Nestoil traveled to work, police said.

"We have recovered the vehicle they were traveling in before the incident occurred. Police are currently combing bushes around the area in a bid to find and release the victims," said Nnamdi Omoni of Rivers Police Command.

"I do not think there was a foreigner among those kidnapped. Their abductors have not made any contact and nobody has been arrested yet," added Nnamdi.
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