Showing posts with label Bayelsa State. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bayelsa State. Show all posts

Sunday 20 December 2015

Gunmen Kidnap Governor Dickson’s Sister, One Other In Bayelsa

Vanguard newspaper reports that a 26-year-old lady, Nancy Keme Dickson, has been kidnapped by armed men at the Okaka suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The gunmen also seized her sales girl.

Friday 30 October 2015

Gunmen Kidnap 100-Year Old Mother of Deputy Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa State



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.

Wednesday 9 September 2015

Gunmen Kidnap Political Advicer To Governor of Bayelsa State, One Other

Barely twenty-four hours after the two Okpoama chiefs that were kidnapped last week in the mangrove swamp of Bayelsa East senatorial district regained their freedom, gunmen struck again Wednesday in the riverside town of Sagbama and abducted the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the Bayelsa Governor, Chief executive of Wilson.

Friday 28 August 2015

Gunmen Attack Boat, Kidnap Three in Bayelsa, South-South Nigeria

Unidentified gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Wednesday, attacked two passenger boats and kidnapped three persons along the Ogbia to Brass waterways in Bayelsa State, South-South, Nigeria.

Tuesday 28 October 2014

Gunmen Kill Four Policemen, Kidnap Six Agip’s Staff in Nembe Creek, Bayelsa State

Yenagoa – Gunmen on a speedboat in Nigeria’s oil-producing south killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian employees of the Agip energy firm, in the latest unrest to hit the restive region, the security forces said Tuesday.

Friday 30 May 2014

90-year Old Mother-In-Law Of Bayelsa Speaker Kidnapped By Gunmen

Madam Ogboro Dark, 90, the mother-in-law of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Kombowei Benson, has been kidnapped by armed gunmen.

Dark, fondly called Obololo, was reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen operating along the waterways of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

She was abducted in her hometown, Korokorosei Community of Southern Ijaw, at about 2.00 am on Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the armed men entered the community through the waterside in three speed boats.

A community source, who witnessed the incident, said: “the gunmen came at about 2.00 am.

“They shot sporadically before making their way to the woman’s home; we were all afraid because of the gunshots.

“They seized her and took her away to an unknown place.

“They showed no pity at the age of the woman,” the source, who did not want his name mentioned, said.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Hilary Opara, confirmed the development and said the police had ”swung into action” to free the victim.

Opara, who vowed to make the state uncomfortable for criminals, said the anti-kidnap squad of the police had been directed to rescue the woman.

“The divisional police officer in charge of the area alerted me early in the morning about the development.

“It is wicked and we will ensure we rescue the woman,” he said. (NAN)

Source:
Leadership Newspaper