Just hours after the release of President Goodluck Jonathan’s kidnapped cousin, Inengite Nitabai, the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, has foiled an attempt to abduct another relative of the President by unknown gunmen.
Mrs. Patience Agbani, a relative of President Jonathan’s mother, was reportedly trailed by gunmen at Akimpli in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State at about 11pm on Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Punch reports:
Agbani was said to be returning from her business when the hoodlums, numbering six, accosted her.
Sighting them from a distance, the woman was said to have taken to her heels while her assailants pursued her.
The Media Coordinator, JTF, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed the incident, said Agbani hid in an uncompleted building and called an operative of the JTF in the area.
Nwachukwu said, “We foiled the kidnap attempt on the woman at Akimpli at about 11pm. She was returning from her business at about 11.30 pm. But she was being trailed by a group of men numbering about six.
“They pursued her but good enough, she had the number of one of our men deployed in SETRACO in Ogbia. Our patrol team responded swiftly and they were able to prevent the kidnap.”
He said JTF was able to rescue the woman because the woman called the outfit and provided it with useful information about her location.
“We were able to foil the attempt from the would-be victim because of the quality of information we got. People should assist JTF with useful information,” he said.
Agbani, it was learnt, was taken to the Headquarters of the JTF in Yenagoa for ‘debriefing’.
