Nigeria Operatives in Contact with Okonjo Kidnappers

Contact has been made with the kidnappers of Kamene Okonjo, mother of Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the ransom demand has been lowered to approximately U.S.$1 million.

A gang of armed men has seized 83-year-old Kamene Okonjo, left, mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

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