The Police Command in Rivers, on Tuesday, debunked rumour of gunmen’s attack on a bus filled with students of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, in Khana area of Rivers.
News of kidnapped students went viral online on Monday, claiming the gunmen demanded a ransom of two million naira for the students’ release.
However, the Command’s spokesman, SP Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement in Port Harcourt, said it was false and baseless.
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He said: “The attention of the Rivers Police Command has been drawn to phantom online news on: ‘Gunmen hijack bus filled with students in Rivers, demand two million naira ransom.
“The command wishes to state that the purported hijack of a commercial bus carrying students is false, baseless and not verifiable, as it only exists in the imagination of mischief-makers.
“Preliminary investigation carried out,…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
