Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct Two in Port Harcourt

17 October 2008

Five gunmen, yesterday kidnapped the Chairman of Diobu Timber Sellers Association, Chief Job Obire and another man at the timber shed Okwelle waterside, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Vanguard gathered that, before taking their victims away, the men robbed many people of their handsets and ransacked a nearby shop removing various items, after manhandling a woman in the area.

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