Unknown gunmen have kidnapped two foreigners in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Eyewitnesses said the foreigners were abducted on Thursday around 7 pm , by the gunmen who escaped with the them through Ndoki Street waterfronts.
It was gathered that the gunmen in military camouflage drove in two Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and a Hummer bus all with tinted glasses into Ndoki Estate and kidnapped the foreigners.
The foreigners are said to be Chinese nationals.
The eyewitnesses said there was a sporadic shooting in the air which lasted for about 15 minutes, and one of the gunmen ordered the Chinese nationals, that if they ran, they would be shot dead.
The shooting forced residents of the area to scamper for safety.
DSP Grace Iringe-Koko, the Rivers state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident.
She said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Eboka Friday, has deployed a tactical team to apprehend the perpetrators and rescue the victims.
In a terse message, she said: “The CP has deployed adequate tactical team to ensure they are released while the investigation is ongoing to arrest the perpetrators.”
