Commissioner’s sister abducted

Five gunmen have struck at Oloibiri in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa and abducted the sister to the state’s Commissioner for Sports, Mr Maitama Obodo.

The gunmen stormed Joyce Ebua’s residence at about 8.55 p.m. and whisked her away through the waterways at the back of her house, according to a report by NAN.

The incident prompted the Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Atewe, to deploy officers and men to launch a manhunt for the kidnappers.

It was learnt that Atewe led troops to the scene of the crime on Tuesday.

The gunmen were said to have shot sporadically into the air before taking away their victim to an unknown place in the creeks.

The Media Coordinator of the JTF, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed the incident.

“The command has activated the security network on both land and waterways in conjunction with other security agencies to locate and track down the kidnappers,” he said.

The Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, Mr Hilary Opara, said also that the police had commenced investigation