Police seek medical workers, native doctors’ support to arrest kidnappers

Bayelsa State Police Command has appealed to medical doctors, health workers and native doctors to stop the treatment of gunshots wounds without alerting the Police, saying they are on the trail of some kidnappers who sustained gunshot wounds during their attempt to kidnap an expatriate.

The police in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, said “on 30th October 2021, at about 0800 hours, an unspecified number of armed men suspected to be kidnappers stormed a construction site along Igbedi/Amassoma Road, Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.

“The security operatives on guard at the Construction site engaged the kidnappers in a gun battle, shot and killed one of them. The kidnappers abducted one expatriate, an engineer working with the construction company, and escaped with him through the waterways.

“The JTF, Navy, Army, and other security agencies were alerted and subsequently at about 0950 hours, the Navy engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle along Ogoinbiri waterways and rescued the victim unhurt. The kidnappers escaped with varying degrees of bullet wounds. Efforts are being intensified to arrest the fleeing kidnappers.

“The Command hereby advises medical doctors, other health workers, and Native Doctors against the treatment of gunshots wounds without alerting the police,” the police said.

(Nigerian Tribune)