Emma Amaize, Regional
Editor, South-South, Austin
Ogwuda & Festus Ahon
ASABA — THE gunmen, who
abducted Professor Mabel
Kamene Titi Okonjo, the 82-
year-old mother of the
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, reportedly
mounted surveillance on the
palace for about one week
before they kidnapped her,
Sunday.
The one-storey building with
adjoining apartments for
some family members and
palace workers is located at
an isolated area in Ogbe-Ofu
in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha
South Local Government Area
of Delta State.
Investigations by Vanguard
showed that security in the
area inhabited by the
traditional ruler of Ogwashi-
Uku, Obi Chukwuka Okonjo
was porous and the
kidnappers took advantage
of it.
However, being aged people,
the king and his wife, never
thought there was anything
kidnappers would want to
do with them.
However, the state governor,
Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan,
yesterday, temporarily
relocated his office from
Asaba to the palace, where
the queen mother, a retired
professor of
sociology,UniversityofNigeria,
UNN, Nsukka and an
indigene of Obomkpa in
Aniocha North Local
Government Area was
kidnapped, to monitor and
coordinate security
interventions for her release.
SOURCE: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/how-kidnappers-got-okonjo-iwealas-mother/