Gunmen Kidnap Jonathan’s Cousin In Bayelsa

Gunmen have Kidnapped Jephthah Robert, a cousin of the former president, Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa.

It was learnt that Robert was kidnapped at 9:30 pm on Tuesday in front of his house around Dimrose Road, Yenagoa.

Details of Jephthah’s abduction has been sketchy but a spokesman for the State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident in a terse response to inquiries.

Butswat said, “He was picked up at Dimrose Road in Yenagoa. We are intensifying efforts to rescue him and arrest the kidnappers. We are working on a promising lead.”

The abduction of Jonathan’s cousin happened barely 24 hours after the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Otokito, was released by his abductors.

AllNews had reported that Otokito was kidnapped on January 20 from his residence in his community, Otuokpoti, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the state.

He spent about five days in the custody of his assailants before he was freed on Monday.