Nigeria: Bayelsa - How Jonathan's Kinsmen Attained 'High Kidnap Value' Status

Unlike many towns and communities in Bayelsa State, the Ogbia Kingdom in Ogbia local government area of the state has come under mixed blessings over its identification with President Goodluck Jonathan, with heavy presence of armed security due to the rising fear of kidnappers from neighbouring creeks and waterways.

As at the last count, the number of indigenes of Ogbia communities kidnapped in the last two years, have risen to seven, with the abduction in February 2014 of Chief Inebai Inegiete, the foster father of President Goodluck Jonathan.

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