MOTHER OF BAYELSA'S ASSEMBLY LEADER KIDNAED BY UN KNOWN GUNMEN

Mrs. Esther Akpe, the 59-year-old mother of the leader of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Peter Akpe, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.  Mrs. Akpe, was kidnapped on Monday night between 9 and 10pm by five armed gunmen from her residence at Ebedebiri in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.

The gunmen came through the river around her residence and disappeared through same route. The woman was sitting outside her home, savouring fresh air, when the kidnappers stormed her home, shooting sporadically into the air to scare residents away. On hearing the sound of gunshots, she started to make her way into the house when the gunmen seized her and took her away into their speedboat and headed towards Bomadi in Delta State.

No contact had been established with the kidnappers.