The Police Command in Bayelsa State 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.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Douglas-Ayam was kidnapped at about 8 p.m. on Monday night in
Ogbia town by unknown 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.
Opara said that no arrest 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 the
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 mourning.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State
government has expressed shock and disbelief over the incident.
The Commissioner for Information and
Orientation, Mr Markson Fefegha, said 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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