Abduction: Pastor, 11 others kidnapped in Bayelsa

The gunmen were said to have waylaid them immediately after the Obama rice farm in Nembe and diverted them to the Okoroma creek.

A pastor and 11 other passenger were kidnapped when gunmen suspected to be sea robbers and kidnappers, Monday, attacked two speedboats along Bayelsa State waterways, TheNation reports.

According to reports, the boats were hijacked and redirected to an unknown place in the creeks.

The boats were said to be heading for Yenagoa from Twon-Brass when they were seized with their contents and passengers by the gunmen.

The commercial speedboats reportedly took off from Twon-Brass through the notorious Nembe waterways to Yenagoa around 7am.

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The gunmen were said to have waylaid them immediately after the Obama rice farm in Nembe and diverted them to the Okoroma creek.

A source, who spoke to TheNation, revealed that there were 12 passengers aboard the boats when the gunmen abducted them.

He said:  “As I am speaking with you, we are yet to hear from the abductors or from the pastor since then, you can see the wife of the pastor over there, and she is completely devastated and has to be attended to. She is in a state of mind that I cannot explain.

“Since we got the news I have called the DPO, Nembe, the Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, the JTF Commander and all other relevant security agencies in the Bayelsa waterways to help secure the release of the pastor and the other 11 passengers.”