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Friday 27 July 2012

Ex-Senator's daughter kidnapped in Port-harcourt

A few days after  four kidnappers,  including a woman were arrested and their victim  rescued   by  the state Police Command Kidnappers, gunmen yesterday abducted the daughter a former senator  in Port Harcourt.


Saturday Sun  gathered  that  the victim, Mrs. Diepreye Dagi Darego, daughter of  Senator Nimi  Barigha-Amange, was  abducted  on the Port Harcourt International Airport Road. She  was said to have gone to the airport to  receive her sister  before the bandits struck at around 9am. Senator  Amange, who confirmed  the incident on telephone, said the hoodlums shot severally at  the car, before they  kidnapped  and took  his daughter to an unknown destination.


He said: “My daughter, Mrs. Diepreye Dagi Darego, was kidnapped in Port Harcourt today (yesterday) around 9am. She  was  going to the airport to pick her sister.”   According to him, the victim  went  to the airport to pick up  her sister, who  was planning  her  traditional marriage,  billed  to commence  in Bayelsa  State today (Saturday).

Amange  disclosed  that  the bullet-riddled   vehicle  had since been recovered, adding that  they  were yet to  ascertain  his daughter’s whereabouts. He further  disclosed that  there had  been communication between the kidnappers and his relatives, expressing confidence that  his daughter would soon regain  freedom from her abductors.


The former senator, who represented  Bayelsa-East Senatorial District, between 2007 and 2011, assured  that the anti-kidnapping squad, attached to the state Commissioner of Police’s office, and other security agencies, including the State Security Service (SSS), were working  round  the clock to ensure that Diepreye  is released.

When reporters  contacted the Command’ Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ben Ugwuegbulam, said he was not aware of the incident. He asked: “Where did it happen?”

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