Two NDDC contractors kidnapped in Bayelsa

Suspected gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two contractors working on one of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects in Otuogiri community, Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state.

Asinim Butswat, spokesman of the Bayelsa police command, who confirmed the incident said the police had arrested the accomplice and that he was undergoing interrogation.

NAN quoted Lucky Moses, one of the community development committee (CDC) executives in the community, as saying the gunmen stormed the area in the early hours of Tuesday.

“The gunmen came and began to exchange gunfire with soldiers before whisking away their targets,” Moses reportedly said.

“The victims were two but one was released on the spot, while the other was whisked into a waiting speedboat which zoomed off to an unknown destination.

“The community caught the accomplice who confessed that he gave information to the abductors; the accomplice has been handed over to security operatives.”