Residents of Mgbuoba area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State
capital have been jolted by the recent kidnap of a woman,
who was seven-month-old pregnant.
The incident had not only angered residents, it spurred them
into setting up a vigilance group to defend themselves
against armed robbers and kidnappers ravaging the area.
An eyewitness to the kidnap incident, who spoke with
Southern City News on Tuesday, said the woman was,
however, released after a week just an employee of the
Niger Delta Development Commission was whisked away.


The eyewitness, who identified himself as Demian Ogwuji,
said that few weeks to the incident, armed robbers had
attacked Bobby filling station in Mgbuoba in broad daylight
and killed two policemen attached to the Abia State Police
Command.
“The policemen were there to refill their vehicle’s tank when
the armed robbers opened fire on them. The two policemen
died on the spot. Surprisingly, the armed robbers left the
scene with the police patrol vehicle.
“All these happened in my area in Mgbuoba not quite long
ago and because the crime rate there was getting too much,
residents decided to beef up security by empowering the
existing vigilance group there.
“When kidnappers came and took the pregnant woman
away, they met her in front of her gate, forced her into a
waiting vehicle and sped off to an unknown destination.
“The private security guard manning the woman’s gate was
so shocked and speechless and could not tell us what went
wrong immediately,” Ogwuji said.


Speaking in a telephone interview with Southern City News,
the Head of the vigilance group in the area, Mr. Sunny
Nwigala, said, “We rely on God for security and on our own,
we have beefed up security within the neighbourhood. We
are not happy about what is happening and that is why we
are beefing up security.
“As we speak, they (kidnappers) have released the pregnant
woman and the NDDC staff. This area (Mgbuoba) has
become a flashpoint and we want the police to sustain the
patrol of the area,” he said.
Speaking on the rate of kidnapping and armed robbery, the
state Assistant Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-
Koko, said the police had since begun a 24-hour surveillance
of the area.
Iringe-Koko, added that the police command would not
relent in its determination to eliminate crime within the area
and any part of the state.



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