5 workers kidnapped in Bayelsa  

Published on August 26, 2013 by pmnews   ·   No Comments

Five construction workers attached to a dredging firm, Beks Kimse Nig. Ltd., have been kidnapped by gunmen along the creek of Opuama in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state, in southern Nigeria.

A source at the community told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Yenagoa that the kidnappers had demanded N30 million ransom to release their victims.

The source said that the firm was handling an NDDC-sponsored shore protection and reclamation work at Opuama.

Witnesses said the gunmen abducted the workers on 23 August.

A resident of Opuama, who simply gave his name as Ebiware, told NAN that the gunmen stormed the dredger where the men were working on a speed boat.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Bayelsa, DSP Alex Akhigbe, said the police had received a report on the incident.

He, however, said he was yet to get details of the incident.

Kidnapping for ransom is very rampant in this part of Nigeria.