{"id":29943,"date":"2014-08-06T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T17:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=29943"},"modified":"2014-08-06T18:43:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T17:43:04","slug":"senator-paulkers-mother-regains-freedom-6-days-abduction-yenagoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senator-paulkers-mother-regains-freedom-6-days-abduction-yenagoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Paulker\u2019s Mother Regains Freedom, 6 Days After her Abduction in Yenagoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\">\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">Octogenarian mother of Senator Emmanuel Paulker, representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Madam Florentina Paulker was freed on Wednesday, six days after she was abducted by suspected kidnappers at her residence in Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State through the combined efforts of security operatives.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">Briefing newsmen at the end of the State Security Council meeting at the Government House, Yenagoa, the State Commissioner of Police, Hillary Okpara, the Deputy Commander of the JTF, Commodore Ime Ekpe and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Col. Bernard Kenebai, Rtd, lauded the efforts of security operatives at securing her release.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">They disclosed that some of the suspects were arrested few minutes after the operation, adding that this was made possible through the cooperation of the various security agencies in the State.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">According to the Col.\u00a0<span id=\"yiv7861031312db7fc4ae-aeb3-44df-beb7-54f33b060c7e\" class=\"yiv7861031312GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">Kenebai<\/span>\u00a0Rtd, \u201c the huge investment of the present administration in security and efforts of the security agencies\u00a0<span id=\"yiv78610313128df66ec3-7872-43f3-8850-d21f21082700\" class=\"yiv7861031312GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">are yielding<\/span>\u00a0enormous results, especially on successes recorded with the recent incident of kidnapping.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">\u201cSome of the suspected kidnappers of the mother of Senator Paulker were arrested few minutes after the incident and since then, there have been fruitful efforts in the investigation, which has led to the arrest of several others.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">They\u00a0<span id=\"yiv786103131249e9004c-dbcd-4192-ab2f-1f42232e32e2\" class=\"yiv7861031312GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">reassurred<\/span>\u00a0the citizenry that, the security agencies were working round the clock to ensure the safety of Bayelsans, create the conducive and enabling environment for the people to go about their lawful businesses.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">\u201cBayelsa State is very safe and has continued to be safe, because security agencies are working round the clock. Everyone here will agree that the security agencies are doing a wonderful job. I can attest that Bayelsa is safe and that people should go about their lawful duties.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">\u201cAll the security agencies are determined to nip in the bud any threat to security. We are, therefore working as a team as no security agency alone can subdue the challenges alone.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">\u201cThe resolution taken\u00a0<span id=\"yiv7861031312a214bf4b-351b-4c1f-84c9-9c7f6a7196ae\" class=\"yiv7861031312GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">in<\/span>\u00a0this meeting is that anyone coming into the Bayelsa to vent crime, cause confusion, make people to panic should bear in his\/her mind that there is no room for insurgency here. Kidnapping will cease.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">\u201cAlso, I am calling for the supports and collaboration of the people in the State with the security agencies to ensure that Bayelsa remains calm and safe\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">\u00a0<b class=\"yiv7861031312\">Daniel Iworiso-Markson<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"yiv7861031312\">Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv7861031312\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Octogenarian mother of Senator Emmanuel Paulker, representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Madam Florentina Paulker was freed on Wednesday, six days after she was abducted by suspected kidnappers at her residence&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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