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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