Kidnap Victim Recounts Harrowing Escape in Rivers State

A man kidnapped in Rivers State has shared his chilling ordeal after narrowly escaping from his captors. Speaking at a police briefing following the arrest of suspected kidnappers, the victim described his abduction and the terrifying moments that followed....CONTINUE READING>>>

According to the victim, he was ambushed at gunpoint and forced onto a motorcycle while his vehicle was seized. He was taken to an uncompleted building where he was stripped and blindfolded using his own clothes. Later, the kidnappers moved him to a remote hideout near a river.

“They blindfolded me after one of them noticed I was looking at their faces. My hands and legs were tied, and they left me there. The mosquitoes were unbearable,” he recounted. “Around midnight, I realized that if I stayed, I might not survive.”

Mustered with determination, the victim used his knees to loosen the blindfold and untie himself. He then escaped through a small window and swam across a river for over two hours before finding refuge in a church.

The kidnappers pursued him, searching the area on motorcycles. To evade capture, the victim hid in cassava fields whenever he heard them nearby. By dawn, he managed to reach a main road and found help.

Interestingly, the assailants did not immediately demand a ransom but instead checked his phone and bank account for money. “They asked how I would bail myself. I told them they could hold my car as a guarantee while I found the money,” he revealed.

The victim’s story highlights the dangers posed by criminal activities in Rivers State and the resilience of those who endure such ordeals.