A serial paedophile who specialises in kidnapping and raping teenage girls is presently on the run.
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Bayelsa State Command, Asinim Butswat, the unnamed gunmen wields a dummy AK-47 rifle he uses to coerce the girls.
The PPRO disclosed that the gunman operates around Agbura community and Azikoro village, where he focuses on coercing young girls attending vigil.
The statement read in part, “The lone-gun man specializes in stalking his victims to church during night vigil or their houses, with a dummy AK 47 Riffle to perpetrate this dastardly act. Based on actionable intelligence, the Police and Youths of Agbura Community raided a bush surrounded by swamps and fishing ponds, where the lone gun man held his victim captive.
“On sighting Policemen, the gun-man fled abandoning two females who were chained to a makeshift tent. The victims were rescued by Policemen and taken to Police clinic for medical examination.
“Efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect. Members of the public should assist the Police with useful information about suspicious movement of a lanky male adult, dark in complexion within Agbura Community, who have display pedophile behavior.”