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Eight persons who were travelling to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on a passenger boat have been kidnapped along the Kula-Abonrma waterway in Rivers State.

The passengers were abducted by suspected pirates on Monday morning, according to the Rivers State Chairman, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Jonah Jumbo. Jumbo disclosed that of the eight kidnapped persons, five are members of the maritime union in Kula, Akuku-Toru local government area of the state who were traveling to Port Harcourt for a meeting.

While appealing to the abductors to release them unconditionally, he called on the state government and security agencies to intervene immediately. “The Kula unit and Abomema unit were asked to come for a meeting in the state office here in Port Harcourt, this morning .

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