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.