Gunmen on Monday ambushed Daewoo workers’ vehicles, killing two drivers and four soldiers, and kidnapping two of the company’s expatriate workers in Rivers.
Maj. Danjuma Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, confirmed the killing in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
The attack occurred in the early hours of Monday along the Ahoada/Abua stretch of the East-West Road in the state.
“Suspected militants attacked troops of the 5th Battalion on routine escort duty for an oil servicing company at Enweh West Manifold in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers.
“The convoy was attacked at Emesu Junction, along Amungboro-Emuphan Road in the local government area.
“Unfortunately, four soldiers were killed in action, while two other oil workers are unaccounted for,” he said.
Danjuma said the militants, who carried out the attacks, escaped via the Emesu waterside to the Orashi River in the vicinity.