According to reports, the suspected sea pirates attacked the boat conveying the soldier and two other persons to Yenagoa, shot the boat driver and took away the soldier. They also stole the boat engine, but however left behind the female passenger.Mrs. Confirming the abduction, one of her aides, Timi Onbuo, said the gunmen went away with her phones and that of her husband but said no lives was lost. He lamented that on January 10, few days before her abduction, some armed men had invaded her country home in Twon-brass and vandalized the palatial residence. Numudogio was abducted and whisked away to an unknown destination on January 5 along the Brass-Nembe waterways.

Source: The Guardian January 15, 2018 03:00 UTC