Rivers women protest kidnapping of eight WAEC students

Rivers women protest kidnapping of eight WAEC students

Aggrieved women of the Bille community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have stormed the Government House, Port Harcourt, to protest the abductions of eight candidates of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

The students were kidnapped by suspected pirates on their way from Port Harcourt to Bille to write the external examinations

It was gathered that they were among those abducted on May 6, when the sea robbers hijacked three passenger boats and goods worth millions of naira.

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The protesters, who were dressed in black, under the auspices of  Concerned People of Bille Kingdom, carried many placards and sang in solidarity to draw the attention of the authorities to their plight.