Gunmen struck yesterday in the riverside town of Sagbama and abducted the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Fyneman Wilson.
Also abducted was the personal assistant to the governor’s aide, Mr. Fred.
This is the second time in six years that Wilson, a close confidant and associate of former President Goodluck Jonathan, would be kidnapped by armed men in the state.
Wilson, a former commissioner under the Timpre Sylva administration, was a noticeable figure at the formal declaration of Governor Seriake Dickson on Tuesday.
The kidnappers, said to be four in number, reportedly stormed the residence of the governor’s aide, which is some distance away from the community waterfront at about 4am on Wednesday.
According to a community source, Wilson and his personal assistant were seized at gunpoint by their assailants and dragged to a waiting speedboat by their captors who escaped through the Forcados River to an unknown destination.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident.
Bayelsa State government yesterday condemned the abduction of the Special Adviser, calling for his immediate and unconditional release.
In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Esueme Dan-Kikile, the government, while confirming the abduction of Wilson and his personal assistant, Fred, said it would not wish to impugn any motive behind the abduction, “except to state that these acts of criminality will not be condoned.”
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