Niger Delta Militants Kidnap 3 Dutch Nationals And 2 Nigerians

Well armed Niger Delta militants have kidnapped three Dutch nationals, two males and a female at Letugbene, a boundary community between Delta and Bayelsa State. Two Nigerians accompanying the Dutch nationals are said to be missing.

According to sources, the incident took place Sunday at about 4: 30pm, after the Dutch nationals left the palace of the traditional ruler of Iduwuni Kingdom,King Joel Ibane (Ogiobo IX) as part of their visit to the Dodo River communities where they had visited for a fact-finding mission around a local hospital in Amutu II when they were seized.

The sources stated further that the foreigners were in the community to see the local hospital which served over 16 communities along the Dodo River and figure out how they could assist the villagers in the area with health care.

It was learned that the armed militants who came in a Passport 19 spead boat with AK-47 rifles started shooting sporadically, and the villagers who came to the jetty to see off the  foreigners started scampering into safety while several persons in the same boat with the foreigners jumped into the river leaving the foreigners at the mercy of the militants.

Source: Saharareporters.