Police rescue 28 fishers abducted by pirates

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One victim said the pirates collected N1million from her, which was part of a loan she collected for her business.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this while briefing reporters in Uyo on Friday.According to him, as soon as he got a report of the abduction, he drafted marine officers who were able to rescue the victims at the creeks where the gang held them hostage for over eight hours.

“These men of the underworld will pretend to be fishermen and we’ve actually caught five of them before and they are in detention. The long arm of the law will soon catch up with them. The police commissioner said one victim had the phone number of the local government chairman who later alerted the police of the incident.“They were there all through the night searching where the victims were, and by 10:00hrs, my officers found them around a creek with their boat.Mr Durosinmi said the victims would be taken to the police clinic for proper medical attention before they would reunite with their families.

“I have taken care of the victims, I will take them to police clinic and they will be released to members of their family soon.

 

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