The Police Command in Bayelsa State has confirmed the kidnap of Augusta Douglas-Ayam, the elder sister to Oronto Douglas, the Special Adviser to the President on Research, Documentation and Strategy.
\nDouglas-Ayam was kidnapped at about 8pm on Monday night in Ogbia town by unknown gunmen.
\nThe Commissioner of Police, 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.
\nOpara 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.
\nWhen contacted, the spokesman for state\u2019s Police Command, Alex Akhigbe (DSP), said that officers from the Anti-Kidnapping Squad had been deployed to go after the kidnappers.
\n\u201cWe are after the kidnappers and very soon, they will be apprehended and the woman rescued,\u201d Akhigbe said.
\nMeanwhile, Gift Douglas, a younger brother to President\u2019s aide, who lives in Abuja, said that he received information about the kidnap of his sister on phone on Monday night.
\nGift Douglas said: \u201cI got the information this night that our elder sister has been kidnapped by gunmen who went to her shop at about 8pm and shot into the air before taking her away through the creeks.\u201d
\nHe said that the incident had thrown the entire family into mourning.
\nMeanwhile, the Bayelsa State Government has expressed shock and disbelief over the incident.
\nThe Commissioner for Information and Orientation, 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.
\nFefegha said: \u201cIt 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.
\n\u201cThe state government is, however, optimistic that the security agencies will go after the kidnappers and swiftly rescue her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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