Youth Corps members kidnapped in Rivers state

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers invaded a corpers’ Lodge at Ogonokom Community Secondary school in Abua-Odual Local government council of Rivers state, and abducted three corps members serving in the community. A source who confirmed the incident to DailyPost early Friday in Port Harcourt the incident took everybody unawares. The source, who pleaded anonymity as he was not permitted to speak to journalists, said the kidnappers besieged their lodge at about 12am and took away three corps members. According to him, “”We were attacked and 3 corpers were kidnapped at ogonokom community secondary school copers’ Lodge, Abua/Odual LG at some minutes past 12 this morning”. Subsequently, the source who is also a corps member and an eyewitness said they had to seek refuge at the nearest police station immediately after the incident. At the moment, the Information Officer of the Rivers state Police Command, Mrs. Angela Agabe confirmed that the Command had received an update on the incident. Agabe however stressed that the DPO of the area was yet to inform the Command of any abduction. She therefore maintained that the Investigative Department has been ordered to swing into action to investigate the report. culled from dailypost