Gunmen kidnap ex-President Jonathan’s cousin
Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Jephthah Robert, a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
It was gathered that the victim was kidnapped around 9.30pm on Tuesday in front of his house around Dimrose Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The victim is the elder brother of Azibaola Robert, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zeetin Engineering Limited.
Although details of Jephthah’s abduction were still sketchy, a spokesman for the state police command, SP Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident in a terse text to our reporter.
Butswat said, “He was picked up on Dimrose Road in Yenagoa. We are intensifying efforts to rescue him and arrest the kidnappers. We are working on a promising lead.”
The kidnap is happening barely 24 hours after the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Otokito, was released by his abductors.
Otokito was whisked away on January 20 from his residence in his community, Otuokpoti, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the state.
He spent about five days in the custody of his assailants before he was freed on Monday.
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