The management of Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation (RSBC), on Saturday, confirmed the abduction of its Director of News, Mrs. Priestba Nwokocha.
The station’s Director of Administration, Pastor Ebi Ogoloma, broke the news of Mrs. Nwokocha’s abduction.
Reports say on Friday, July 21, when she was leaving work along Slaughter/YKC road in Port Harcourt, she was abducted somewhere between 7 and 8 o’clock.
Her automobile broke down on the Slaughter/YKC route, so she called her husband, who later arrived with a mechanic to work on the vehicle, according to family sources.
The kidnappers arrived and whisked her away, right in front of her husband and the mechanic.
“They just picked her and left; they didn’t pick her husband or hurt him,” one of the family sources said.
Spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said: “The CP has mandated tactical teams to ensure she regains her freedom and reunite with her family members.”
Meanwhile, the executives of the State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have condemned the act through a statement jointly signed by the Chairman, Mr. Stanley Job, and Ike Wigodo, the Secretary.
They describe the act as inhuman, wicked and insensitive, calling on security operatives to rescue Mrs. Nwokocha.