Two teenage girls who were abducted and chained to a makeshift tents by their abductors have been rescued by the Police in Bayelsa State.
The Police in Bayelsa State said they had rescued two female teenagers, abducted by a gunman in Agbura, near Azikoro village in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
In a statement on Saturday in Yenagoa by Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Asinim Butswat, said the girls were rescued by the police in the area.
Butswat said that the gunman specialised in stalking his victims to church during vigil or to their houses with a dummy AK47 Riffle to perpetrate the act.
“On 21st May, 2018, based on actionable intelligence, the Police, and youths of Agbura community raided a bush surrounded by swamp and fishing ponds, where the lone gunman held his victims captive.
“On sighting policemen, the gunman fled and abandoned the two females, who were chained to a makeshift tent and the victims were rescued and taken to Police clinic for medical examination.
“Efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect.
“Members of the public should assist the police with useful information about suspicious movement of a lanky male adult, dark in complexion within Agbura community, who displays pedophilic behaviour,” he stated.
(NAN)