The mother of the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa election, 100-year-old Madam Ebifieghe Dikoro was yesterday kidnapped from her country home in Furupa, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

Her son, Mr. Wilberforce Agiri, is the running mate to the APC governorship candidate and former governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva.

Although no ransom had been demanded as at press time for the abducted elderly woman, the spate of kidnappings especially of top political leaders and their relatives has been on the rise in recent times.

The gunmen, who abducted the centenarian, reportedly invaded her home at 1 am yesterday in three speedboats. As has been the case with other kidnappings in the past, they shot sporadically into the air to ward of any counter-attack from community vigilantes and whisked the old woman away. They escaped into the mangrove rain forest without a trace as at press time.

Spokesman of the state Police Command Astimin Butwat confirmed the incident, even as he said that the details of the kidnapping were still sketchy.

Credit: ThisDay