Unidentified gunmen suspected to be kidnappera on Sunday at
Gbarantoru, Yenagoa abducted the wife of lecturer working with the Niger Delta
University, NDU.
It was gathered from community sources that the lecturers
escaped and hid himself when the incident occurred in the early hours at about
2am and exposed his wife to danger. .
Residents in the area said that sporadic shots of gunfire were
fired to announce arrival of the hoodlums to scare people in the community.
The gunmen reportedly entered the community through the River
Nun in a speedboat boat and headed to the residence of their target, a
University Teacher identified simply as Dr. Charles.
A resident in the area who wished to remain anonymous for fear
of being targeted said that the gunmen narrowly missed their target who ran
away for safety and whisked away the wife whom they took away in their
boat
He said that youths of the community mobilised themselves to the
scene of crime few minutes after the shooting ceased only to meet the lecturer
emerged from where he was hiding in the environment.
Mr Asinim Butswat, Superintendent of Police and Spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command Mr. Asinim confirmed that the Command was aware of the
incident and was on the trail of the abductors..
"Yes, I heard of the incident and the police have
commenced Investigation with a view to apprehending the perpetrators and rescue
the victim." Butswat said.
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