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Professor Kanene
Military authorities said yesterday that
soldiers had arrested 63 people in Delta
State during raids aimed at finding the
finance minister’s 82-year-old mother,
Prof Kanene Okonjo, who was kidnapped
from her home on Sunday.
It is not yet known whether the abduction
of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother is for
political or financial gain.
“Yesterday, the Four Brigade raided
Ogwashi-Ukwu in search of Mama,” army
spokeswoman Roseline Managbe told
Reuters, adding that “those arrested are
being questioned.”
Criminal gangs regularly kidnap people for
ransom in Nigeria, but it is rare for them
to target members of the political elite.
Two policemen were also arrested this
week on suspicion of aiding the
kidnappers of Okonjo.
Managbe said two Lebanese men working
for Nigerian construction company
Setraco had been abducted on Tuesday in
Delta State by gunmen who killed a soldier
assigned to protect them.
The finance minister, a campaigner
against corruption, has received threats in
the past, her special adviser Paul
Nwabuikwu said on Sunday.
CP advises monarchs to fortify palaces
The commissioner of police in Delta State,
Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, yesterday advised
monarchs to engage palace guards to
fortify their palaces.
Aduba, who gave the advice when he
paraded 25 suspected kidnapers and
armed robbers in Asaba, said that the
suspects were arrested this week..
He said that the kidnap of Mrs Kanene
Okonjo had further reinforced the need
for the monarchs to make use of their
guards.
Aduba decried the situation where
monarchs’ palaces were easily accessed by
just anybody, saying that it exposed the
monarchs to risk.
According to him, “the palace should be
fortified and the job of the police is to
complement the security. If you have a
palace, you are supposed to have your
guards and not to rely solely on police
security.
“Palace guards are very necessary. Security
is everybody’s business and if you talk
about the vigilance group, they are under
the monarchs.’’

Ok dats gud.

But which one come be d "be d first to comment" at d top of d article? Anyways police don try n i don succeed sha. . . .

What is the population of the entire inhabitants of Ogwuashi Uku? If 63 is arrested, it means only the king and his family members are the remaining people in the village