Nigeria: Okonjo's Kidnap - Group Flays Arrest of 70 Persons in Agbor

27 December 2012

PEOPLE of Agbor in Delta State, have condemned the arrest of no fewer than 70 indigenes of the community by military officers during the search for kidnapped Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's mother.

The people, under the aegis of Agbor Vanguard, described the arrest as unlawful and a breach of fundamental human rights of innocent citizens of the community.

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