The sister of Nigeria’s powerful petroleum
minister has been kidnapped in the oil hub
of Port Harcourt, police said Friday, in the
latest abduction targeting a prominent
political family.
Osio Agama, whose sister Diezani Alison-
Madueke leads Africa’s largest oil industry,
was seized at gunpoint as she approached
her car on Tuesday night, River state
police spokesman Ahmad Muhammad said.
Muhammad said police “were not aware if
any ransom demand had been made” and
the motive for the abduction was unknown
but the southern oil-producing Niger Delta
region has seen waves of ransom
kidnappings in recent years.
One of the most prominent cases came in
December 2012, when Finance Minister
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s 82-year-old
mother Kamene Okonjo was abducted from
her home, also in Delta state.
Okonjo-Iweala and Alison-Madueke are
widely seen as the two most powerful
members of President Goodluck Jonathan’s
cabinet.
Jonathan’s 70-year-old uncle was also
kidnapped earlier this year in Bayelsa
state, which neighbours Delta.
Some have sought to attach a political
motive to attacks targeting Nigeria’s most
powerful families.
The finance minister implied that her
mother was seized because of her
ministry’s crackdown on oil companies
which had abused the country’s rotten fuel
subsidy scheme.
But such links were never proven and
Kamene Okonjo was released a week after
her abduction.
The security forces and affected families
almost never confirm ransom payments but
most believe kidnappers in the Niger Delta
are seeking financial gain.
Despite producing roughly two million
barrels of oil per day, the area remains
acutely poor with high unemployment.
Gang activity is rampant and kidnappings
have at times been perpetrated on a near
weekly basis.
Local politicians, prominent businessmen
and foreigners have been among the
targets.
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Hmmm...... so they want their own share of the oil money #issokay

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Better Target,better kidnap.. But keep d gal safe please,just make sure u get part of our subsidy money from her.

I wish her a safe return. The family should do the needful already.