Man Drowns In River While Escaping From Kidnappers

A man who was trying to escape from kidnappers has instead fallen into a river where he drowned.

The man identified as Mr. Gibson Reuben., an expatriate got drowned at Aleto River in Eleme local government area of Rivers State on Monday night.

The Rivers State Police Command said Reuben, a Dutch and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, drowned when his vehicle fell off the Aleto bridge.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the State, Grace Iringe-Koko, who revealed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said the State’s Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju, had already visited the scene of the accident.

“CP Olugbenga Adepoju was accompanied by the Area Commander Eleme, DPOs within the Eleme Area Command and tactical teams of the command already at the scenes”, Iringe-Koko said in the statement.

Adding that the CP condemned the incident as “very barbaric”, she said he had also ordered full-scale investigation with immediate arrest of the kidnappers.

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“This incident is a disturbing situation and the Police Commissioner’s swift response is a welcome step towards addressing these concerns. He is calling on the good people of Rivers State to provide credible information that could lead to the arrest of the fleeing perpetrators of this act,” the PPRO added.