Akwa Ibom: Police rescue two kidnapped victims along Ibeno waterways

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says its operatives connected Wednesday, September 30, 2026, rescued 2 kidnapped victims of oversea piracy on the waterways of Ibeno Local Government Area of the state.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Baba Azare, who disclosed this astatine a property league successful Uyo connected Friday, said the victims included a Ghanaian nationalist and a Nigerian who were attacked portion travelling towards the Atlantic Ocean.

He said, “Personnel of the Asawana Mobile Police Base were instantly mobilised to the area. The operatives subsequently encountered the suspected pirates astir the water bound betwixt Akwa Ibom and Rivers States, resulting successful an speech of gunfire.

“The suspected pirates yet abandoned their vessel and escaped into a adjacent creek, portion the Police successfully rescued the victims unharmed.”

He listed the items recovered from the country to see 1 200HP outboard engine, 1 40HP outboard motor with a W23 flying boat, 5 40HP outboard engines, 3 9.9HP outboard engines, 5 containers of mixed PMS, 4 bare containers, 3 state cylinders, mobile phones, 29 SIM cards, 1 powerfulness bank, 1 starter centrifugal battery, 1 torchlight and an individuality paper bearing a NIN number, among different items.

The commissioner besides announced that operatives, with the practice of assemblage mem...