Gunmen kidnap two teachers, demand N5m ransom in Rivers.

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Gunmen yesterday,  abducted two teachers from Ubima Community Secondary School in Ikwerre  Local government Area of Rivers State.  The two teachers, Blessing Chukwu and Ikpendu Samuewere were abducted by  unknown gunmen along the school road while returning home from school. 


Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike acknowledging cheers from  supporters at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Thursday upon  his arrival to the state after the Appeal Court judgment. File: Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike acknowledging cheers  from supporters at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Thursday  upon his arrival to the state after the Appeal Court judgment.  


At press time, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police  Command, DSP, Ahmad Muhammad promised to speak later when fully briefed.  But sources from the victims’ families, yesterday, disclosed that  contact has been established with the abductors.  The source revealed that the kidnappers were demanding 5 million naira  as ransom to secure the freedom of the victims.  A teacher in the school Mr. Sunday Onu told Vanguard that the two  teachers left the school premises and were on their way back home when  gunmen took them away at gunpoint. 

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