Gunmen kill police, kidnap two Shell workers in Rivers vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Gunmen in Nigeria’s restive oil-rich south have killed two police guards and kidnapped two Shell workers, police said Saturday.The violence is the latest in a long line of attacks in Nigeria’s southern Rivers state, where kidnapping for ransom is rife.
“Efforts are in top gear towards ensuring that we get them out from the custody of their abductors,” Rivers State Police spokesman Omoni Nnamdi said. The attack took place on Thursday afternoon in the Rumuji district of Rivers state, a short distance northwest of the key oil city of Port Harcourt, as the team returned from visiting areas of Bayelsa state.The Royal Dutch Shell oil workers were escorted by police in a pickup truck, but gunmen reportedly ambushed the convoy by opening fire at the guards to stop the vehicles.
Elsewhere in Rivers state, gunmen on Thursday also ambushed a 30-seater bus, killing the driver and abducting more than a dozen passengers – but police said all the hostages were freed safely soon after.
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