Suspected kidnappers numbering three who abducted and raped a female University worker at the Rumuekini, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers have been handed over to the Operatives of the Federal Anti Robbery Squard in Port Harcourt .
Theportcitynews gathered that the suspects on Tuesday last week jumped through the fence of their victim at Rumuekini and abducted her.
The female victim disclosed that the bandits scaled through her fence at about 7.30pm on Tuesday and ferreted her away in her Vehicle.
She said before taking her away the bandits collected her ATM card from where they withdrew a sum of N 180,000.
She said the suspects stole television sets, handsets and other items from her house . She said while in their custody she was forced by the bandits to transfer a sum of N59,000 being her salary for the previous month to a designated account number.
According to her: “I was in my house washing my cloths when three young men scaled through the fence to my compound. They brought out a gun and asked for my husband but I told them he was away. At that point they demanded for money but I told them I had none”
“They collected my husband ATM card, television set , handsets, laptop and other items. They took me away with our car to a place where we disembarked and I was lead into a bush from where we trecked for about two hours before we finally got to the place where I was held”
” While in their captivity they withdrew a sum of N180 from my husband’s account. They also forced me to transfer the sum of N59,000 being my salary from the previous month to a designated account. They demanded for a ransom of N5m which we do not have. But due to prayers from my church I was able to escape from their captivity.”
She said that the kidnappers put a call on her husband where they demanded a sum of N5m. The victim stated that while the kidnappers were negotiating with her husband she miraculously escaped from their captivity.
One of the suspects who simply gave his name as Uche said that they scaled a high fence to abduct the woman. He said that they collected the victim’s ATM card from where they withdrew a sum of N180,000.
He also admitted that the victim paid a sum of N59,000 into a designated account number given to her. He said luck ran out of them when they were rounded up the Nigerian Army.
Receiving the suspects from the Deputy Director of Army Public Relation Officer, Col. Aminu Iliyazu , the Intelligent Officer Incharge of the F-SARS , Port Harcourt, Okocha Sunday, a Supretendent of Police, said the suspects will be prosecuted on conclusion of investigation.
