A six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa, Chief Godknows Powell, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen.
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The boy was kidnapped on Etegwe road, Yenagoa, in the early hours of the New Year, while returning from church service.
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Sources told NAN that the victim was in the company of his mother when the gunmen accosted them at about 12.45 a.m and whisked him away.
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A relation of the family, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the incident and said the abduction of the boy had thrown the family into despair.
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"We are supposed to be celebrating the New Year, but we are now in a pathetic mood. We pray that the boy is safe," the source said.
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According to the source, the kidnappers are yet to establish contact with the family.
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When contacted, the Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident, but said he had not received its full details.
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"I got information about the incident this afternoon and I quickly called the Police Divisional Officer in Ekeki area who confirmed the kidnapping.
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"Right now, I am yet to get full details of the incident, but the police have commenced investigation into the matter," Akhigbe said.
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Powell was a one-time Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area before he was appointed Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development during the administration of former Gov. Timipre Sylva.(NAN)
This gunmen can't just seem to stop amazing me. They just do things at times and u as a reader that will instantly get how Instateless.
But this is just so cruel now haba! Why will anyone even kidnap a fellow human being in the first place? And on New Year's Day
This is reminding us of the different problems the country is still facing as regards Kidnapping.
God will just save us from all this unreasonable kidnapping all in the name of hurting a human being or money.
The confidence level of this gunmen when they carry out their evil plans is just annoying.