Bayelsa Speaker's Mother Kidnapped.

Unknown gunmen on Monday kidnapped the mother of the Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Kombowei Benson.

The 78-year old Betinah Okunwa Benson was abducted in the early hours of Monday at her country in Korokorosei community, Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.
The gunmen, according to eyewitnesses, got hold of her before shooting sporadically in the air to scare residents away.

Her captors later bundled her into a waiting speed boat at the community waterfront and sped off to an unknown destination, the eyewitnesses told our correspondent.

The Nation gathered that Betinah was with her son in Yenagoa all these while until late December last year when she went to Korokorosei community for the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

The Special Assistant on Media to the Speaker, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo, who confirmed the incident, said nobody has information on her whereabouts as the kidnappers had not given reasons for their action.

Kiyaramo said the matter has been reported to the police.

SOURCE The Nation