The Otuoke community in Bayelsa State was on Sunday thrown into pandemonium when unknown gunmen abducted President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Chief Inengite Nitabai.
Otuoke is the home state of President Goodluck Jonathan and Nitabai is the President’s adopted father.
Nitabai, who is said to be the compound chief of Jonathan’s family, was abducted by....
10 suspected kidnappers about 9pm on the fateful day.
It was learnt that when the gunmen stormed the residence of the 70-year-old Nitabai, they met an adolescent boy, one of the victim’s children, doing his assignment.
A reliable family source, who craved anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that the boy, whose name he gave simply as Silas, was shocked to see the strange men in their house at that time.
The source said Silas quickly ran into the house to alert his father and other members of the family to his observation.
He said while six of the assailants forced their way into the house, the remaining four stayed outside, monitoring activities.
He said as soon as the suspected kidnappers got into the house, they ordered Nitabai, his wife, Owiya, Nitabai’s inlaw, Akinobebh Jin and three children of Nitabai, to face down.
The source said as that was on, some of them (kidnappers) took Nitabai to the other side and the other set took Owiya to the upstairs.
Corroborating the source’s account, Jin said the kidnappers were brutal, stressing that when they asked Nitabai to bring money and he told them he did not have, they used the butt of the gun to hit his head.
She said it was when Owiya gave them N400,000 that they seized their brutality on Nitabai and quietly whisked him away in his Sports Utility Vehicle.
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