{"id":144755,"date":"2024-09-02T15:41:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T14:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsdigest.ng\/?p=144755"},"modified":"2024-09-02T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T14:41:42","slug":"maritime-workers-kidnapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=144755","title":{"rendered":"10 Maritime Workers Kidnapped on Bonny-Port Harcourt Waterway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 10 maritime travelers are feared to have been kidnapped by sea pirates along the Bonny-Port Harcourt waterway early Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Although details remain unclear, Channels Television reports that the victims were traveling between Bonny and Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Israel Pepple, District Chairman of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria for Rivers State, confirmed the incident by phone, stating, &#8220;It\u2019s not a rumour, it is real.<\/p>\n<p> Ten persons have been kidnapped this morning while traveling from Bonny to Port Harcourt. 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