Three kidnap suspects were apprehended in the Rumuekini community in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State by members of a local vigilante group on Wednesday.
The suspects were accosted while conveying about 25 school children in two buses.
According to a member of the local vigilante, Job Peter, the suspects came in two buses and the school children were between the ages of five and 12
He explained that one of the buses was apprehended while the second bus fled.
It was uncertain if the bus that fled was carrying some of the school children.
Job said before handing over the suspects and the children to the police, the suspects said they were taking the children to Egbeda in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State for voters’ registration
Another member of the vigilante group said the children were lured with N1,000.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko has assured that an investigation into the matter has commenced.
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