Beauty Ogere Siasia, the 76 year-old mother of former Super Eagles striker and Coach, Samson Siasia has been kidnapped again, the second time in four years.
It was gathered from security sources that the aged woman was whisked away from her residence at Adoni community Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The kidnappers were said to have carried out their malevolent operation at about 2am on Monday.
TheNewsGuru recalls that when Siasia’s mother was kidnapped in November 2015, she was released 12 days after.
Tag: Abductors
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Breaking: Gunmen abduct Samson Siasia’s mother again
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Nasarawa: Abductors demand N5m for release of journalist’s wife
Suleiman Abubakar, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chairman, Correspondents’ chapel, Nasarawa State has said that the gunmen, who attacked him and abducted his wife, Yahanasu demanded for N5 million for her release.
Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia that the abductors had on Wednesday evening attacked him, his wife and three other women.
He said he narrowly escaped from the bus while the abductors went with his wife and the other victims.
He said the women were abducted by the gunmen, following attack on Gudi-Garaku Road in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state on their way to Lafia, the state capital.
According to Abubakar, the assailants shot at the union’s bus conveying himself and the victims from Keffi, where his wife had gone to register at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, at about 7p.m.
“They called me this morning demanding for N5 million in order to secure the release of my wife, however, I told them that I can only afford N50,000 and they said I was not serious.
“They also allowed my wife to speak with me on the phone to ascertain that she was alright, “ he said.
“The bus ran into a ditch after being shot at while the gunmen swooped on us but I escaped while they took my wife and the other women.
“One of the women is a wife of a former State House of Assembly member who they offered free ride.
Meanwhile, ASP Samaila Usman, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Police Command in the state, said that the command was working assiduously to secure the release of the victims unhurt.
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JUST IN: Abductors of Plateau PDP chairman, son demand N100m ransom
The abductors of Plateau State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Damishi Sango, have demanded a ransom of N100 million for his release.
The former Minister of Sports was kidnapped on Wednesday by unknown gunmen. Also abducted with him are his son, driver, a prominent chieftain of the PDP in Plateau State and another victim that is yet to be identified.
The Publicity Secretary of PDP in Plateau State, John Akans told our correspondent that the kidnappers have contacted the family and have demanded N100 million ransom.
He said, “The kidnappers have contacted the family of Damishi Sango and are demanding for N100 million. The family spoke with him and he assured them that he is safe. None of the five persons including, his son, have been released.
“They are still in the captivity of their abductors. From what they demanded, we are waiting to see whether they will come down from tomorrow. I’m on my way to Abuja.”
Details later…
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We didn’t pay ransome to secure release of Lagos school boys – Akeredolu
…Says we’ll make the abductors give up their arms
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of Ondo State said on Sunday that his government did not pay a dime to the abductors of the Lagos school boys before securing their release.
The governor also said he would work to ensure that the abductors dropped their arms.
He also confirmed that he promised the kidnappers of inclusion in the Federal Government amnesty programme.
The governor spoke in an interview on an Ibadan-based radio, Fresh FM at the weekend.
Akeredolu explained that as soon as the Federal Government hinted him that the children were hidden somewhere in the creeks of Ondo State, he assigned his deputy, who hailed from a riverine area of the state, to find means of opening discussions with the abductors.
On successfully establishing contact with them after risking his life, the governor recalled that he joined in the discussion to know the motive of the abductors.
According to him, the militants complained that they were excluded in the amnesty programme launched for all militants in the Niger Delta.
Akeredolu said he promised them that he would intimate the Federal Government of the need to include them in the programme. He said the government did not pay ransom to secure their release.
The governor said he, however, made them realise the danger of criminality.
He said the militants expressed trust in his administration to right the wrongs of the past.
“My deputy did a yeoman’s job and started a discussion with the abductors. We made them realise that they may have their problem with the government but we told them that we will report that to the Federal Government. People repose a lot of trust in our government. They have implicit trust in us. The young boys (kidnappers) have trust in us. We promised them we would persuade the Federal Government to include them in the amnesty programme. We did not pay any ransom. We will work with the Federal Government to make them surrender their arms,” Akeredolu said.
Akeredolu also acknowledged that there is division in the All Progressives Congress (APC), pointing out that the party is so big that all members can not always agree. He stressed that it is part of the beauty of democracy.
He also denied working as one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s boys in Southwest, saying he is not a boy to anybody.
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Turkish expatriates’ abductors demand N200m ransom
Abductors of two Turkish expatriates in Akwa Ibom have demanded N200 million to release them.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the victims were abducted on April 10 from their Airstrip Hotel room in Eket Local Government Area of the state.
A security source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket that the abductors had been in touch with the BKS Construction Company in Onna Local Government Area where the expatriates work.
He said that the abductors contacted the construction company and demanded N200 million as ransom to release them.
“The abductors have demanded the sum of N200 million before the victims could be released to the company.
“The company is negotiating with the abductors to secure the release of the victims,” the source said.
According to the source, the firm is offering N500,000.
The State Police Public Relations, ASP Chilly Ikechukwu, said the police were not aware of the ransom.