Nigeria: Kidnappers of Bayelsa SSG's Wife Finger His Cousin

20 June 2008

Abuja — THE Police in Abuja yesterday paraded three teenagers who kidnapped Mrs. Augustina Ekeuwei, wife of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State government and demanded a ransom of N1billion with two of the suspects, Omi Fubara Allaputa and Manasseh Ignatius saying the kidnap plot was hatched by a cousin of the SSG.

Alluding the kidnapping to the work of the devil, Allaputa said, "You people should please forgive me for what I did. What really happened was the work of the devil. My friend, a cousin of the SSG was behind the kidnapping. He called me and said he wants us to kidnap the wife of his brother"

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