Nigeria: 63 Arrested Over Kidnapping of Okonjo-Iweala's Mother

14 December 2012

As security agents intensify the search for Prof. Kamene Okonjo, the abducted mother of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, hope for a clue on her whereabouts rose yesterday with the arrest of more suspects.

The military said 63 people had been arrested in raids conducted on several locations in the search for Okonjo, who was abducted last Sunday at the palace of her husband, the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo.

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