Crime
Breaking News: Nine Kidnap Victims Rescued in Igwuirita, Rivers State
Nine passengers made up five females and four males who were kidnapped by armed men at Igwuirita in Ikwerre Local Government area of Rivers State were rescued by a combined team of Policemen, Soldiers and other security agencies in the early hours of Sunday, June 24.
The passengers who were ambushed at Igwuirita on their way to Port Harcourt from Owerri and later taken to a hideout.
Luck ran out of them when security men who acting on a tip off swooped on them in their hideout and rescued the Nine passengers unhurt.
The Rivers state Commissioner of Police, CP Zaki  Ahmed, who announced their release commended his operatives and sister security agencies for the successful rescue operation.
Commenting on the incident the newly elected Chairman Ikwerre Local Government Area, Hon Samuel Osoruchi Nwanosike in a statement this afternoon declared that Ikwerre Local Government Area has zero tolerance for Kidnapping.
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The Chairman was on hand to receive the victims in the early hours of this morning to rescue some Kidnap Victims.
Nwanosike vowed that Ikwerre LGA will no longer be a safe haven for kidnappers and other criminals.
