Police in Rivers conduct camp raid and free victim

The Rivers State Police Command has reported that during separate raids on militant camps and kidnapper hideouts in some areas of the state, its men were able to free a victim of kidnapping and recover weapons and ammunition.

At a press conference on Friday in Port Harcourt, the state’s police commissioner, Emeka Nwonyi, revealed this.

The police combed a forest close to China Bridge on Wednesday, according to Nwonyi, with the aid of a vigilante, and a kidnapped woman was freed.

“She (the victim) stated that she was abducted on June 26, 2023, at around 1950 hours along Salvation Ministry Road in Rumuosi Choba, Port Harcourt, while driving her Lexus 330 SUV, whose registration number is currently unknown, from her shop to the house. Her family has been reunited with her. The hoodlums are still being sought after and apprehended.

Similar to this, according to Nwonyi, policemen in Ahoada East and West councils invaded some militant camps run by three self-proclaimed generals, who fled through a nearby river upon seeing the operatives. The police were assisted by the Army at the time.

“The following items were found in their camps: one locally made single-barrelled gun, nine empty cartridges, two motorcycles, three pumping engines, one small generator, two sawing engines, charms, and ten sheets of zinc,” he continued.

A team of police officers assigned to the Intelligence and Surveillance Centre, Port Harcourt, reportedly spotted a white keke bus on Monday, June 26, 2023, while conducting a routine patrol along Rumuokwuta, a road connecting Rumuigbo and Port Harcourt.

One locally made pistol with one round of live ammunition, an LG plasma television, two Android phones, one Itel phone, and a woman’s handbag were all found during the search of the keke bus, the man claimed.

According to Nwonyi, an investigation is being conducted to find the evading criminals and bring them to justice.