Rivers NUJ Calls For Immediate Release Of Abducted Journalist
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Behind the suburban Amadi-Ama community in southern Port Harcourt is a vital inland water body. This is the Amadi Creek, an estuary which lies on the north of the Bonny River, upstream from the Bight of Benin.
Aside from the destructive oil spills, the waterway is also struggling with the swirly toxicity of plastic junks, exposing the fauna to more harm.
Peter Daniel, an energetic and muscular man in his 30s, sits on an abandoned brick amidst a vast chunk of plastics. Living as a fisherman in Amadi-Ama community, Mr Daniel spends a lot of time fishing at the creek.
An investigation by our reporters, including reported cases in the media between 2018 and 2020, show that those kidnapped were in Nigeria for business and diplomatic activities.
The cases exclude many abductions that have not been reported because families of the victims preferred to sort out their troubles without involving the state.
While some of the victims were carefully monitored by their abductors ahead of picking them up, others were seized by the kidnappers on highways.
Some of the kidnapped victims lost their lives while in custody or during rescue effort by security operatives.
Some Nigerian security personnel also lost their lives or sustained grievous injuries while struggling to rescue the victims of the abductions.