BREAKING: President Jonathan’s Cousins Kidnapped In Bayelsa

Cousins to President Goodluck Jonathan; Patience Egbeni and Kate Eni, have been abducted by gunmen at Akimpelai, Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State.
It was reported that the unidentified gunmen, numbering six, stormed the community riverbank on Tuesday morning and seized the women who were reportedly abducted from their provision stores located along the riverbank.
A source, who spoke in confidentiality, said the hoodlums forced their victims into a waiting speedboat and took them to an unknown place.
The incident, which occurred few days to a grand reception being organized for President Jonathan on May 29, was said to have devastated the President’s kinsmen.The source said: “The victims are two maternal cousins of the President. We know that they have been preparing to welcome the President after the May 29 handover. Unless they are rescued before then, their dream of welcoming their brother will be a mirage.”
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Butswat Asinim, said the gunmen were dressed in military camouflage. Asinim, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said one of the victims, Egbeni, is 35 years old.
“The gunmen were dressed in military camouflage. They went to the provision stores of the victims at the riverside and abducted them into a waiting speedboat,” he said.
He said the marine and anti-kidnapping squad of the police, including the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, had been contacted.