Police have rescued a 12-year-old girl, Franklyn Chioma-Blessing, who was declared missing in Port Harcourt this week.

Chioma who left her house on Thursday for school but never got to the school.

She was rescued from a forest in Igbo-Kingdom, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The operatives of the Nigeria Police had on Saturday raged a forest in Igbo-Etche where the victim was rescued.

Igbo-Etche has been lauded to be a destination of kidnappers in the state, as several persons kidnapped have been rescued from there.

It is unclear if Chioma-Blessing was kidnapped for ransom or for other reasons.

The state Police Command has promised to brief journalists on the development.