Unknown gunmen on Thursday in Bayelsa,
kidnapped 100 year-old, Madam Ebifieghe Dikoro, mother of Elder Wilberforce
Agiri, the running mate to the APC governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva.
DAILY POST reliably gathered
from community sources that the old woman was forcefully abducted at gunpoint
early Thursday morning, at her home in Foropa community of Southern Ijaw Local
Government Council of the State.
Community sources told newsmen
in Yenagoa that the unidentified gunmen, thereafter, took the woman away into
the creek, aboard three speed boats.
When contacted, Police Public
Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident,
however, disclosed that the details of the incident were still very sketchy.
Following the incident,
accusation and counter accusations have enveloped the political atmosphere in
the state, as the APC and PDP governorship campaign organizations are currently
drawn in a war of words.
Director of Media and Publicity
for the Sylva/Agiri Campaign Organization, Chief Nathan Egba, told newsmen that
the the abduction of the aged mother of Agiris could be attributed to the
alleged violent campaign of the ruling PDP in the state.
He said: “We call on the PDP,
particularly the Governorship candidate, to lower the political temperature in
the state and lead by example as he seems to be preaching violence and
insulting the APC leaders in all public events.
“The kidnap of the aged mother
of the APC running mate is only the latest in a rash cases of kidnapping and
sea piracy that has apparently overwhelmed the security agencies in the State.
“We recalled that last year,
the uncle and guardian of our Governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, also
died in the hands of the kidnappers. Yet, Governor Dickson kept shouting about
peace and security.”
However, the Chairman of the
Bayelsa Media Team, Hon. Dan Kikile, who responded on behalf of the PDP,
condemned the kidnap of the old woman and equally, dismissed the claims by the
APC as baseless.
He said the Gov.
Dickson-administration had in the past raised an alarm over the increase in
violent crimes in the state due to the activities of the APC.
”We are aware that these
security issues are created to deliberately call to question our record on
peace and security.
“Since they came, we have
witnessed various kidnap cases of six traditional rulers in the State. Only
recently, the political adviser to the Governor was kidnapped and now, the aged
mother of the running mate of the APC.
Source:
Daily Post
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