A flurry of activities began Monday for the rescue of Prof. Kamene
Okonjo, mother of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister
of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was kidnapped on Sunday by a
10-man gang at the palace of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State.
The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, ordered the police to spare no efforts in ensuring that not only is Okonjo rescued hale and hearty, her abductors must be arrested to face justice.
The state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, also held an emergency meeting with security chiefs and traditional rulers on how to find Okonjo and check the growing wave of kidnappings in the state.
The governor, traditional rulers and elders from the state who condemned the kidnapping, also appealed to the public to assist security agencies with information that could lead to the rescue of the minister's mother.
However, palpable tension enveloped Ogwashi-Uku Monday as the family waited for the kidnappers to make their demands.
Security has also been beefed up within the vicinity and the palace of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku where Okonjo was kidnapped on Sunday.
A team of security agents, comprising personnel from the military, police, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and State Security Service (SSS), has been deployed in the area to monitor the situation.
A detachment of soldiers from the 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin, led by its Commanding Officer, Brigadier-General Obi Umahi, mounted guards in and around strategic points around the palace.
In Abuja, the IG directed all police formations to intensify the manhunt for the abductors of the octogenarian.
Abubakar, who spoke through the force spokesperson, Frank Mba, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), also ordered security operatives to immediately start a full-scale investigation into the incident.
Although the IG did not state categorically if a special task force would be set up to handle the assignment, he said the operatives must ensure the accomplishment of the twin objectives of rescuing the minister's mother as well as fishing out her abductors and their accomplices.
The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, ordered the police to spare no efforts in ensuring that not only is Okonjo rescued hale and hearty, her abductors must be arrested to face justice.
The state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, also held an emergency meeting with security chiefs and traditional rulers on how to find Okonjo and check the growing wave of kidnappings in the state.
The governor, traditional rulers and elders from the state who condemned the kidnapping, also appealed to the public to assist security agencies with information that could lead to the rescue of the minister's mother.
However, palpable tension enveloped Ogwashi-Uku Monday as the family waited for the kidnappers to make their demands.
Security has also been beefed up within the vicinity and the palace of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku where Okonjo was kidnapped on Sunday.
A team of security agents, comprising personnel from the military, police, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and State Security Service (SSS), has been deployed in the area to monitor the situation.
A detachment of soldiers from the 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin, led by its Commanding Officer, Brigadier-General Obi Umahi, mounted guards in and around strategic points around the palace.
In Abuja, the IG directed all police formations to intensify the manhunt for the abductors of the octogenarian.
Abubakar, who spoke through the force spokesperson, Frank Mba, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), also ordered security operatives to immediately start a full-scale investigation into the incident.
Although the IG did not state categorically if a special task force would be set up to handle the assignment, he said the operatives must ensure the accomplishment of the twin objectives of rescuing the minister's mother as well as fishing out her abductors and their accomplices.
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