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Police Confirms Hostage Taking Of Five Oil Workers In Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of five oil workers who were taken hostage by gunmen within the Oil Mining Lease (OML) -55 operated by an indigenous oil company, Belemaoil Producing Limited in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, however said that rescuing or unconditional release process of the victims have been intensified.
According to him, the command in collaboration with other Security agencies have deployed gunboats to trail the abductors, while assuring that the victims would be released unhurt.
“Yes, I can confirm that five seismic workers were kidnapped two days ago. We have intensified efforts to ensure their release and gunboats have been deployed.
“We are working with other sister agencies, especially the Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, to ensure they are released within record time,” the police said.
The oil workers are personnel of Integrated Data Services Limited, IDSL and BGP, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation.
The workers were on the site of an ongoing seismic operations by Belemaoil when they were abducted.
BIGPEN ONLINE reports Rivers State has been prone to series of kidnap incidents which culminated few weeks ago with abduction of two Shell Nigeria workers with the police escorts attached to them killed.
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