Nigerian Police Command
in southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed the kidnap of Mrs Augusta
Douglas-Ayam, the elder sister to Mr Oronto Douglas, the Special Adviser to the
President on Research, Documentation and Strategy.
Douglas-Ayam was
kidnapped at about 8 p.m. on Monday night in Ogbia town by unidentified gunmen.
The Commissioner of
Police, Mr Hilary Opara, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in
Yenagoa, said he had just returned to the state capital after visiting the
scene of the kidnap at Ogbia town.
Oronto
Douglas: sister kidnapped
Opara said that no
arreast had been made but that the Marine Police had been deployed to the
creeks to effect the rescue of the victim.
When contacted, the
spokesman for state’s Police Command, Mr Alex Akhigbe (DSP) told NAN on phone
that officers from Anti-Kidnapping Squad had been deployed to go after the
kidnappers.
“We are after the
kidnappers and very soon, they will be apprehended and the woman rescued,’’ he
assured.
Meanwhile, Mr Gift
Douglas, a younger brother to the President’s aide who lives in Abuja, told NAN
on phone that he received information about the kidnap of his sister on phone
on Monday night.
“I got the information
this night that our elder sister has been kidnapped by gunmen who went to her
shop at about 8 p.m. and shot into the air before taking her away through the
creeks.”.
He said that the incident
had thrown the entire family into sadness.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa
Government has expressed shock and disbelief over the incident.
The Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Mr. Markson Fefegha said that the report of the
kidnap came as a shock but that the state government remained resolute in its
determination to stamp out criminal activities in the state.
“It is sad and embarrassing
that it happened at a time the present administration is recording great
successes in the area of sustaining the existing peace.
“The state government is,
however, optimistic that the security agencies will go after the kidnappers and
swiftly rescue her,” Fefegha said.
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