Eighty-three-year-old Kamene Okonjo was
kidnapped Monday. It was also learnt that
the kidnappers had also reduced their
ransom from $ 1 billion to $ 1.26 million.
A highly-placed security source told
reporters that secret negotiation had
commenced with the kidnappers because of
the fragile health of the retired professor of
Sociology and pressure from higher
quarters.
It was also learnt that the abductors are
demanding the immediate resignation of Dr.
Okonjo-Iweala as Finance Minister. This
demand gives reason to suspect that the
kidnap may be politically motivated.
Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Ikechukwu Aduba, in an interview on
Wednesday in Asaba, after a meeting with
his Divisional Police Officers, expressed
confidence that the detained professor
would be rescued soon.
The CP said, "We are looking at the whole
place because in any palace, there are
supposed to be palace guards - that is local
security before you talk of that of the police.
"And so, we are looking at the obvious flaws
and then, take the necessary action. We do
not want to jump the gun. In the past, we
have been able to rescue about 30 people
without payment of ransom. "I am sure that
the strategy we are putting in place will yield
dividends.
"We know that anything that has to do with
kidnapping, there is always an insider
factor. It has always been there, just like
armed robbery."
Aduba added that the police had extended
their dragnet "within and without".
A source said the kidnappers decided to
delay contact with the Okonjo family as a
result of heavy deployment of policemen,
army and other security operatives around
the palace and the community immediately
after the kidnap
On Wednesday, it was, however, observed
that the heavy security presence in the last
few days around the home of the Okonjos
in Ogbe-Ofu quarters had been relaxed.
But the policemen refused visitors access to
the compound, saying, "No visitor is wanted
here." Traditional chiefs that make up the
Obi-in-Council met behind closed doors at
the palace grounds in connection with the
kidnap of the Obi's wife.
Undercover security operatives flooded
drinking joints, markets and public places in
search of useful information.
Sources told our correspondent on
Wednesday that the investigators had also
invited some domestic workers of the
Okonjos for interrogation as it was believed
that some of them might have connived
with the kidnapppers to carry out the
operation.
Source: m.naij.com/news/16946.html

for wat now I guess somthing is smelling somwhere

The story gets uglier

How many hours has it taken for them to rescue the NoI's mother. Had it been we have super infrastructure in place like databank that has all citizens's data , it would have been okay for the police to track and do the necessary . Corruption has taken its toll on us. Leadership failure is smelling in all fabrics of our lives.

If they demand for her resignation,then the kidnap is more of political than monetary gain.
Its also due to the failure of the govt on the people.

she dey cause cancer for the cabals pocket

LMAO!! Okonjo Iweala is laughing wherever she is.!!

The kidnap is nothing but staged by the IMF agent her self!!'

Nigerians, have no pity for this woman! She has ruined our growing economy one more time!

That WICKED heartless woman Ngozi iweala!!!
I certainly believe that no sane MAN can marry her. She may be a CULTIST because she has no motherly sympathy for nigerians. Well she can combine both her dollars ($) salaries and the looted SUBSIDY funds to settle the kidnappers.

0lumide: LMAO!! Okonjo Iweala is laughing wherever she is.!!

The kidnap is nothing but staged by the IMF agent her self!!'

Nigerians, have no pity for this woman! She has ruined our growing economy one more time!

^^^You ever thought of a career as a scriptwriter for Nollywood?

Give it a go, as you'll come up with some 'wicked' plots given your active and fertile imagination.

Olumide wat u driving at?

0lumide: LMAO!! Okonjo Iweala is laughing wherever she is.!!

The kidnap is nothing but staged by the IMF agent her self!!'

Nigerians have no pity for this woman! She has ruined our growing economy one more time!

Talk about yourself joo.