Kidnappers Demand N500m Ransom To Free Goodluck Jonathan’s Uncle

Abductors of
Inengite
Nitabai, the 70-year old uncle of President
Goodluck Jonathan, have demanded a N500m
ransom.
A security source said that the abductors
threatened to kill him if the family fails to produce
the money.
The source also said the family had constituted a
committee to evaluate the demand, establish
negotiations with the abductors and facilitate his
release.
He said the kidnappers had also warned against
the involvement of security operatives in the
matter.
"The kidnappers contacted the family four days
after and demanded a whopping sum of N500m. It
is believed that the family of the victim has begun
negotiations with the hoodlums," he said.
Tension and panic set in when the kidnappers
failed to establish any contact with the family of
their victim three days after he was abducted.
That development was said to have rattled the
Presidency, which reportedly ordered a massive
deployment of security in Otuoke, the hometown of
the Jonathans, and the Niger Delta creeks.
The gunmen abducted Nitabai on Sunday after
collecting about N400,000 from his wife.
It would be recalled that on October 14 last year,
Augusta Douglas Ayam, the sister of Mr. Oronto
Douglas, the Special Advisor to President Jonathan
on Research and Strategy, was also kidnapped in
the same area.
She was released after nine days, and the
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
MEND, claiming to have made accidental contact
with the kidnappers, confirmed that the Jonathan
government paid $200,000 US as ransom for her
release.
The movement said the kidnappers wanted to use
the incident to make a political statement, as they
were disgusted at the ostentation they had
witnessed during the burial of Oronto's father in
December last year. That event featured the
widespread use of government equipment,
including free use of military helicopters to shuttle
guests and merchandise.
It was on one of those trips that Kaduna State
Governor, Patrick Yakowa, and former National
Security Adviser Andrew Owoye Azazi died in a
crash.

Sent From David Aniemeka