Nancy Dickson |
Nancy
Keme Dickson, the abducted younger sister to Bayelsa State Governor Seriake
Dickson, has spent over 42 days with her assailants.
Residents
expressed surprised yesterday that the governor appeared placid about Nancy’s
plight.
No
cheering news has been heard about the abducted woman in the last six weeks she
has been with the hoodlums.
The
26-year-old, who is said to be the last child of the Dicksons, was abducted on
December 19, last year, by gunmen.
She
was seized at her shop on Okaka Road in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The gunmen, who reportedly drove in an ash Lexus Jeep, were said to have
trailed her to the shop and whisked her away to an unknown place at 2:50pm.
Her shop is located in a building housing the office of the
Bayelsa Volunteers, an army of youths working for the government to assist
security agencies in crime fighting.
Nancy was abducted after the December 5, 2015 governorship
election and a few weeks to the January 9 supplementary poll, which Dickson won
and became the re-elected governor.
The woman spent the Christmas and the New Year in her
assailants’ hideout.
Nancy was missing when her family celebrated the governor’s
victory at the poll. She may also miss Dickson’s inauguration on February 14.
Many people criticised Dickson for his alleged indifference
to her sister’s plight and expressed fears that her captors might subject her
to various assaults.
A source close to the governor said Dickson was not disposed
to paying any ransom to free his sister.
The source, who spoke in confidence, noted that Dickson had
ordered his family not to pay ransom to Nancy’s abductors.
He recalled that the governor took a similar action when
gunmen abducted the mother of a commissioner in his administration.
The source added: “The governor does not believe in paying
ransom to kidnappers. When his mother was kidnapped, the abductors demanded
ransom but the governor turned down their request. They kept the woman until
they became tired and set her free.
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