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Mother, 3 Children Kidnapped In Bayelsa

Posted by Elvis on April 28, 2009 at 9:15pm
YENAGOA- Less than 24 hours after the kidnap of a PDP chieftain, Mr Fyneman Wilson, a woman and three of her children have been kidnapped in Yenagoa.Reports say that the woman, whose name was given as Mrs. Grace Olobio, was abducted with her children at a church on Sunday.According to a family source, the four gunmen, after seizing the woman and her children, drove to Okaki, a boundary town in Ahoada West LGA of Rivers, and took away their victims in a speedboat.The driver of the vehicle that conveyed the Olobios to church later reported the incident to Mr Felix Olobio, a staff of the Auditor-General’s Office and husband of the woman.The INEC Road, Yenagoa, residence of the Olobios was filled with sympathisers on Monday morning when newsmen visited.The family gave the names of the children as Doubra, Ebizimor and Tamarakuro. Their mother works with the National Orientation Agency (NOA).The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Mr Julian Okpaleke, confirmed the incident to newsmen on telephone.As at the time of this report, Wilson, kidnapped at his country home at Sagbama, headquarters of the Sagbama Local Government Area on Saturday night, is yet to regain his freedom.Reacting to the kidnap of the Olobios, former President of the Ijaw Youth Council, Mr Oyenfie Jonjon, condemned the action.Jonjon called on the kidnappers to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of the Olobios, saying “it is criminality and not part of the Ijaw struggle”.
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