Gunmen kidnap lawmaker's father
According to a family source, which preferred anonymity, the victim was abducted on his way to Egweama from Okpoama.
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Spokesman for Police in Bayelsa Butswat Asimin confirmed this in Yenagoa on Saturday.
Asimin said the police had mobilised to fish out the perpetrators.
“The Police Anti-kidnapping Unit and other relevant security agencies have been mobilised to track down the kidnappers”, he said.
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According to a family source, which preferred anonymity, the victim was abducted on his way from Okpoama to Egweama for burial of wife, Comfort.
``Gunmen attacked their commercial speedboat and whisked the septuagenarian away at about 9 a.m. on Saturday.’’
His son, Alfred, said the kidnappers were yet to make any contact with the family members.
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