The three Rivers travellers kidnapped alongside the Obiri-Kwere-Airpott Street close to Port Harcourt by gunmen on Tuesday have regained their freedom.
The incident occurred round 4pm when gunmen intercepted some automobiles, forcefully dragged out a number of the occupants, and whisked them off to an unknown vacation spot.
Their launch got here greater than 24 hours after the Rivers State Police Command stated tactical workforce commanders and Divisional Police Officers had been deployed throughout the scene for ample safety measures.
The spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the discharge to our correspondent on Friday.
He stated the captives have all reunited with their households.
She defined that the discharge of the abductees adopted strain after the deployment of personnel to the world.
“The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Olatunji Disu, had a gathering with Space Commanders, Divisional Police Officers inside the space of jurisdiction with tactical workforce Commanders and instructed them of ample safety measures in place to make sure these kidnapped on January 2, 2024 alongside Aluu-Igwuruta Street ought to regain their freedom
“Primarily based on the strain and large deployment of police presence, the victims had been launched and have reunited with their members of the family immediately,” she acknowledged
Iringe-Koko, additionally expressed happiness that there was relative peace within the state throughout the festive season.
She referred to as on law-abiding residents of the state to proceed to help the police with related data that may result in the arrest of criminals.
“Every part went on peacefully throughout this festive interval and we’re nonetheless having fun with the peaceable state of affairs within the state.
“We have now this slogan that while you see one thing say one thing. While you discover any suspicious motion in your neighbourhood, report it to the closest police station as a result of safety is all people’s enterprise,” she stated.