Presidential aide's sister kidnapped

Bayelsa State police command have
confirmed the kidnapping of President
Goodluck Jonathan's Special Adviser on
Research, Documentation and Strategy,
Oronto Douglas' elder sister, Augusta
Douglas-Ayam.
Confirming the incident, Hilary Opara, the
commissioner of police, said Mrs Douglas-
Ayam was kidnapped at about 8 p.m. on
Monday night in Ogbia town by
unidentified gunmen.
The comissioner, upon returning to the
state capital after visiting the scene of the
kidnap, said no arrest had been made yet.
But, he assured, marine police had been
deployed to the creeks to effect the
rescue of the victim.
The spokesman for state's police
command, Alex Akhigbe (DSP) said officers
from Anti-Kidnapping Squad had been
deployed to go after the kidnappers.
"We are after the kidnappers and very
soon, they will be apprehended and the
woman rescued," he stated.
Another sibling to the President's aide, Mr.
Gift Douglas, said he received the
disturbing information on phone on
Monday night.
"I got the information this night that our
elder sister has been kidnapped by
gunmen who went to her shop at about 8
p.m. and shot into the air before taking
her away through the creeks," he
narrated.
The incident had thrown the entire family
into mourning.
The news shocked members of Bayelsa
Government. The Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Markson
Fefegha, however, said the state
government remained resolute in its
determination to stamp out criminal
activities in the state.
"It is sad and embarrassing that it
happened at a time the present
administration is recording great
successes in the area of sustaining the
existing peace.
"The state government is, however,
optimistic that the security agencies will
go after the kidnappers and swiftly rescue
her," Mr Fefegha said.