The victims were dispossessed of their valuables by the gunmen along the Sagbatoru-Igweta-Iwoama waterways in the southern state’s Nembe Local Government Area.
A passenger, Efe Victory, said the armed men came in three speed boats and rounded up the passenger boats before diverting them to the creeks and began searching the passengers.
A security source said a 26-year-old man was soaked with petrol by the gunmen and was almost set ablaze for failing to hand over his mobile phone.
The incident, which lasted more than one hour, affected guests heading to the burial ceremony of a woman whose son is a politician in the state.
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