[Adesewa]

   
Mrs . Marie Ebikake, former Transport Commissioner during the first term tenure of Governor Seriake Dickson , was yesterday abducted by gun-throttling hoodlums at her family home in Igbogene , Yenagoa .She was kidnapped at around 1: 30 a .m . on Sunday, after the gunmen gained forceful entrance into her compound.

Her abduction is coming a day after suspected sea pirate along the Foropa -Gbarain route of the southern Ijaw creek abducted a soldier simply identified as Rotimi, who was on his way to Yenagoa , while the boat driver was shot in the shoulder.
Numudogio was abducted and whisked away to an unknown destination on January 5 along the Brass -Nembe waterways . His abductors were said to have contacted his family and demanded N30 million ransom to set him free . Though family members refused to confirm if any ransom was paid, a leader of the Ijaw Youth Council ( IYC ) , Amiebi Turner, who disclosed the news , condemned the kidnap of the NCDMB worker and urged the victim not to be traumatised by the incident .