Kidnappers of Bayelsa commissioner’s father demand N98m ransom

Kidnappers of Bayelsa commissioner’s
father demand N98m ransom
on november 26, 2013 at 9:06 pm in news
By Samuel Oyadongha
Yenagoa—The kidnappers of Pa Uroh Tempurah,
father of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Tourism
Development, Mr. Nelson Belief, have demanded
for N98 million ransom to set him free.
The septuagenarian was seized and taken away
from his Minibeleu country home in Akassa on the
Atlantic fringe of Brass last Wednesday by gunmen.
The heavily armed kidnappers were said to have
stormed the coastal settlement in a speedboat at
2.56am and made away with their victim.
It was, however, learnt that the gunmen, who seized
the aged man, described “as a man of peace” by his
community folks, Monday night contacted his son,
Belief, demanding N98 million before he would be
set free.
A source close to the family told Vanguard that the
kidnappers allowed the old man to speak with his
son before they took away the phone from him and
made their demand.
The commissioner, who confirmed the development,
said: “Yes, I spoke with my father yesterday
(Monday).”
He also confirmed the N98 million ransom demand
by the kidnappers.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer,
Mr. Alex Akhigbe, who confirmed that the
kidnappers had established contact with their
victim’s family, said the police were on the trail of
the kidnappers.
“We have deployed a crack team of operatives from
the anti-kidnapping squad to strategic locations in
the creek and they are on the trail of the
kidnappers. They will be fished out and brought to
book,” he said.