Navy hands over woman rescued from kidnappers to Police

Navy hands over woman rescued from kidnappers to Police

NAN
The Commander, Nigerian Navy Naval Base, Yenagoa, Commodore Yakubu Wanbai, on Friday handed over a woman rescued from kidnappers on Bayelsa waterways to the Bayelsa Police Command.
Wanbai handed over the victim, Mrs. Tokoni TrustGod, to police representatives, CSP James Ejure, from Criminal Investigation Department, and Mr. Richard Ogwuche of the Anti Kidnap Squad of Bayelsa Police Command.
Ejure, who received TrustGod from the commander, stressed the need for the security agencies in Bayelsa to continue to work together to effectively fight crime.
He commended the Navy for the feat and assured that the Police would conduct ‘’discrete investigations’’ into the matter with a view to apprehending the alleged kidnappers for prosecution.
Wanbai told the News Agency of Nigeria shortly after the handing over, that the kidnappers had struck residence of the victim at about 2 a.m in Angiama-Gbene on Thursday.
He said, “My men on patrol in the waterways got a distress call and the gunboat headed to the scene of the incident.
“The suspected kidnappers, whose speedboat had developed a fault, abandoned their victim and fled on sighting the patrol boat.
“My men rescued the woman and brought her to the base, in line with the existing inter-agency cooperation, we handed over the woman to the Police for preliminary investigations.”
Narrating her ordeal, TrustGod told NAN that the kidnappers, numbering five and armed with gun and machetes, invaded her residence at Angiama-Gbene.