Suspected sea pirates have kidnapped two policemen in Andoni Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State.
The victims were reportedly abducted yesterday, from a passenger boat they had boarded from Ngo, headquarters of Andoni.
A community source told Daily Sun that the two policemen had boarded the boat at the jetty to new road,
Ogoni – Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro Unity Road, before the bandits struck
The source, who did not his name mentioned, narrated: “New road is part of the Andoni Ogoni – Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro Unity Road. It is from there that you can board a vehicle that can take you to the upland, from Bori, Eleme and Port Harcourt.
” So, on the river, where they were boats were working, they gunmen stormed there and abducted the two policemen that were inside”, the source said.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), could not respond to text messages sent to him for confirmation.
However, a journalist said the PPRO had confirmed to him about the abduction of policemen in the area. But, he (Omoni) did not say whether the incident occurred on water or land.