Kidnapped Mother Of Nigeria’s Finance Minister Is Freed

 

    From a reliable source today, the 82-year-old mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is freed, five days after she was abducted from her home in Delta Nigeria,
“She has been released now by her captors and she is at home,” said the source, who had confirmed Kamene Okonjo’s kidnapping on Sunday in Delta state.
He gave no further details about her release. It was not clear if the abduction of Okonjo was politically or for financial gain.
 It was reported from The Nigeria’s army  on Thursday that soldiers had apprehended 63 people in raids conducted during the search for the finance  minister's mother.
Kidnapping is rife in Africa’s top oil producer, making millions of dollars a year for the criminal gangs who engage in it. It is common across the south, especially in the oil producing Niger Delta where madam Okonjo was kidnapped.
The number of kidnappings also tends to surge in December, when the criminals need money for year-end festivities.
Political motives had been said to have led to the abduction of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s drive to reform and rebrand a corrupt economy ruffled powerful vested interests, especially fuel issues, and her mother was also said to be involved in local politics in her town.
Nigerian authorities never discuss whether or not ransoms are paid.