"Our colleague and four others abducted are back, and we are still on the trail of the hoodlums who perpetrated the dastardly act."
An operative of the
The spokesperson for the NSCDC in Bayelsa, Solomon Ogbere, confirmed in an interview with the
"Our colleague and four others abducted are back, and we are still on the trail of the hoodlums who perpetrated the dastardly act.
"We were supported by members of the community and sister security agencies.
"The command has always built a cordial relationship with members of communities where our men are deployed, and this helped us in this situation.
"We are still on the trail of the criminals and remain optimistic that they will be soon apprehended to face the law," Mr Ogbere said.
NAN reported that the five victims were kidnapped on their way from Yenagoa to Koluama 1 in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
The four contract staff are employees of a catering contractor to
They were seized along with supplies for personnel at the
Community youth in Southern Ijaw had raised a search party shortly after the abduction.
Armed men, on
The state government had imposed a curfew on waterways in the state and banned the use of speed boats with 200 horsepower engines on all waterways.
NAN could not immediately get the reaction of the spokesperson of
(NAN)
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