Yesterday when this news came out, the authenticity was not clear but
EDESON ONLINE NEWS has reliably confirmed from RADIO NIGERIA CAPITAL FM
ABUJA that Professor Kam
ene Okonjo, the mother of Nigeria’s finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been kidnapped by armed men.
The woman believed to be in her late 70s was taken from her family home in Ogbe-Ofu, Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta North Senatorial District, online reports quoted family sources as saying.
Her husband, Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, the traditional ruler (Obi) of Ogwashi-Ukwu was said to be away in Abuja when the gunmen attacked.
Reports said the abductors, about ten of them, came in two cars, one of them a Golf car and pounced on the Queen Mother of Ogwashi-Ukwu when she followed her house-maid to serve drinks to tilers, working in the palace.
The abductors, unknown to the woman, were lurking around and pounced on her, dragging her into a waiting Golf Volkswagen car.
“The abductors when they walked into the compound were heavily armed. They were about ten. They bailed up the men fixing the interlocking tiles and asked them to lay face down. Immediately they saw her (the King’s wife who was coming towards the gate with her maid to serve the workers soft drinks) they bundled her into a waiting vehicle the Golf car while another car was parked outside”.
According to reports, one of them, bracing all odds, even went upstairs to collect the woman’s handbag.
A statement was later issued by the Ministry of Finance on the abduction.
“Earlier YESTERDAY, Professor (Mrs) Kamene Okonjo … mother of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was abducted from her home in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State,” the statement said.
“At this point, it is difficult to say whether those behind this action are the same people who have made threats against the coordinating minister in the recent past or other elements with hostile motives. No possibility can be ruled out at this point.”
Okonjo-Iweala has pushed to clean up corruption in one of the world’s most graft-ridden nations, particularly related to a fuel subsidy programme alleged to be riddled with graft.
Kidnappings for ransom have occurred frequently in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, but rarely with such high-profile victims.
EDESON ONLINE NEWS will keep you updated on this development.
The woman believed to be in her late 70s was taken from her family home in Ogbe-Ofu, Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta North Senatorial District, online reports quoted family sources as saying.
Her husband, Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, the traditional ruler (Obi) of Ogwashi-Ukwu was said to be away in Abuja when the gunmen attacked.
Reports said the abductors, about ten of them, came in two cars, one of them a Golf car and pounced on the Queen Mother of Ogwashi-Ukwu when she followed her house-maid to serve drinks to tilers, working in the palace.
The abductors, unknown to the woman, were lurking around and pounced on her, dragging her into a waiting Golf Volkswagen car.
“The abductors when they walked into the compound were heavily armed. They were about ten. They bailed up the men fixing the interlocking tiles and asked them to lay face down. Immediately they saw her (the King’s wife who was coming towards the gate with her maid to serve the workers soft drinks) they bundled her into a waiting vehicle the Golf car while another car was parked outside”.
According to reports, one of them, bracing all odds, even went upstairs to collect the woman’s handbag.
A statement was later issued by the Ministry of Finance on the abduction.
“Earlier YESTERDAY, Professor (Mrs) Kamene Okonjo … mother of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was abducted from her home in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State,” the statement said.
“At this point, it is difficult to say whether those behind this action are the same people who have made threats against the coordinating minister in the recent past or other elements with hostile motives. No possibility can be ruled out at this point.”
Okonjo-Iweala has pushed to clean up corruption in one of the world’s most graft-ridden nations, particularly related to a fuel subsidy programme alleged to be riddled with graft.
Kidnappings for ransom have occurred frequently in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, but rarely with such high-profile victims.
EDESON ONLINE NEWS will keep you updated on this development.
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- Fiona Odey, Bem John, Anthonia Alabi and 2 others like this.
Folaseye Adebanjo hmmmmm me am just passing by oooo................... Na amebo u wan make i do?..... Anyway first..... Congratulations on d abduction..... Two......... Make dem settle dem na..... Three which corruption okonjo dey sweep comot?..... Four she don sweep d one im wt all of dem chop comot? Five..... Help me tel dem make dem no release am until afta xmas nd new yr.
Olawale Omolaja Anyone could be the cause and ♏ΐƞđ you this is not the first case of kidnapping in the country so its not a big deal to me,i just hope Almighty GOD make her finding and found easily without any injury or regrets. That shows the paupers are just living under the grace of GOD and with due respect finance minister is not helping the condition at all. GOD help us all- Folaseye Adebanjo olawale... Dat prayer wey u pray say mk God let dem see am na im me no like @ all....... If dem lik make dem no see am.... Wetin concern agbero wt ovaload?
Ese Abhietor · Friends with Nwachokor JoyIlluminati, if u have nothing 2 say, kip shut. If u are nt interested, other people are.
Smart Patricia @ Ese, interested? Ha! Nature has a way of balancin thngs. Do nt thnk its a big problem. She is a big fish caught by som cunning guys who want 2 collect dia share. She will only cough out som millions/billions & she comes out wtout stress. Na today?Forget.