Ex-Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi on Sunday afternoon rescued a kidnapped victim along the Omoku/Egbeda road in Rivers State.

PoliticsNGR learned that Amaechi made the rescue while on his way to Ubimini Community of Emohua LGA to address APC supporters.

Amaechi who was leading his convoy sighted a Lexus SUV abandoned in the bush, stopped by and ordered his security team to comb the forest in search for the occupants of the vehicle.

It was during the search that the security personnels in the minister’s convoy rescued one of the occupants of the Lexus Jeep. The victims were APC supporters attending the PVC sensitization rally in Ubimini where the minister was to address party supporters.

Narrating his ordeal to Amaechi, the rescued victim, Edi Chinda Edi, said, they were on their way to Ubimini for the APC programme when the kidnappers barricaded the Express Way and attacked them.

He said, eight of them were in the Lexus jeep when the kidnappers armed with AK47 rifles

“We were eight in the car and they succeeded in kidnapping seven others. While they were beating and forcing us into the bush I managed to escape into the other side of the forest”, he explained.