Abducted Pupils Rescued By Police
Police from Imo and Rivers states have intercepted a bus conveying 18
abducted pupils of Umuohie Primary School in Ngor-Okpala area of Imo,
while en-route Rivers.
The school children said they were on their way home when a bus
stopped and their teacher, whose name they could not recall, asked them
to board the vehicle. At a police checkpoint, the driver of the bus
failed to stop when flagged down and sped away.
The police pursued and alerted their counterparts in Rivers when the bus was approaching Eleme in the neighbouring state.
The police in Rivers were said to have cordoned off the bus and nabbed the abductors.
The suspects were taken to the Imo State Police Command, Owerri,
where they have been detained since the incident; while the children
were released to their parents who besieged the police station after
calls were made to them.
When contacted, Joy Elemoko, the Imo State police spokesperson, said
the suspects’ identities could not be disclosed yet, adding that
investigation has commenced on the matter.
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