Nigeria: Police, Youths Launch Manhunt for Kidnappers of Bayelsa Speaker's Mum

17 January 2013

Yenagoa — The Police have launched a massive manhunt for the kidnappers of Madam Betinah Benson, mother of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Kombowei Benson.

The 78-year-old woman was whisked away from her Korokorosei country home in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in the early hours of Monday by gunmen.

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