Mr Gasser Nasser, an expatriate worker with the Zenith Construction Company, Mbiaya, in Uruan Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State has been rescued from kidnappers.
Nasser
was rescued by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the state
police command, NAN reports.
Police
Public Relations’ Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, disclosed this while briefing
newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Uyo on Friday.
Macdon
said three suspected kidnappers, who attempted to escape during the rescued
operation were gunned down by the police.
“On
May 17, Special Anti Robbery Squad operatives of the command, rescued a foreign
national, one Gasser Nasser.
“A
staff of the Zenith Construction company, Mbiaya, Uruan, who was abducted on
Tuesday, April 30, by hoodlums who shot and killed one Sgt. Kabir Mohammed of
26 Mobile Police Force, but attached to zone 6 for special duty, and carted
away his AK-47 riffle.
“The
hoodlums responsible for the kidnap have been involved in high profile
kidnapping and murder cases in the state over the years.
This
include the kidnapping of retired Gen. Edet Akpan, the killing of his Royal
Highness, Robert Obot, the Paramount Ruler of Nsit Ubuim, the killing of Dr
Udosen of St. Lukes Hospital, Anua among others.
“The
suspects were also involved in a lot of robberies around Uyo and Calabar, and
three suspects who were attempting to escape during the rescue operation were
gunned down,” Macdon said.
Narrating
his ordeal, the rescued expatriate, Nasser said he was inside his car in Uruan
LGA when a vehicle with registration number UKW 707 pulled up in front of his
car that faithful day.
According
to him, three young men alighted from the vehicle and started shooting directly
into his vehicle
He
said that police sergeant attached to him was shot dead and he was dragged into
the waiting vehicle and later taken away to an unknown destination.
“I
thought they were ordinary people until one of them shot inside our vehicle and
killed the police man who was with me.
“They
later dragged me into their own car and sped off into the bush, I was there
till today when the Nigeria police came to rescue me. I ate banana and bread
for 17 days,” he said.
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