Nigeria: Kidnappers Demand N200 Million Ransom for Okonjo-Iweala's Mother

12 December 2012

Negotiations have begun in earnest with the kidnappers of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was kidnapped on Sunday in Delta State.

THISDAY gathered Tuesday that the kidnappers had contacted the Okonjo family during which they listed conditions for the release of the minister's mother, chief of which was that the family should part with N200 million.

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