POLICE RECOVER DECOMPOSING BODIES OF “ABDUCTED UNIPORT 3”

"Justice Will Be Brought To Bear In The Circumstance".... CP J Mukan Assures Families of Deceased

“In course of Investigation, one of the kidnappers was arrested on 30 April 2020 and on interrogation made useful confessions that led to arrest of two others”.... Says PPRO Omoni

Police operatives from the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt have recovered the decomposing corpses of the three abducted students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).

The decomposing corpses of the three undergraduate students, have been exhumed from their shallow graves where they were reportedly buried in Rivers State.

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command exhumed the bodies on Friday at the forest where their abductors reportedly buried them.

The undergraduates, two male and a female, were kidnapped at Choba, Obio Akpor Local Government Area (LGA); the host community to the university on April 7, 2020.

According to available reports, the Rivers state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, who led a team to the spot where remains were buried, identified the victims as “Nelson Nwafor, male, Fortune Obemba, male and Joy Adoki (female).

The PPRO, Rivers state Command said the recovery of the murdered students was made by the Anti Kidnapping Unit of Rivers state Police Command, in the early hours of May Day at Eteo, Eleme LGA.

“In course of Investigation, one of the kidnappers was arrested on 30 April 2020 and on interrogation made useful confessions that led to arrest of two others”, Omoni stated.

Giving details, Omoni said; “At the early hours of today (May Day) one of the suspects, Friday Akpan ‘m’ took the Operatives to a forest at Eteo in Eleme LGA, where the bodies of the victims were recovered.

“Remains of the deceased students have been deposited in the mortuary. Exhibits recovered from them include one AK47 Rifle, three magazines and 72 rounds of ammunition”.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph G Mukan, has assured families of the deceased students that justice will be brought to bear in the circumstance.