ABDUCTION: Gunmen In Military Uniform Kidnap Wife Of Former Bayelsa Speaker

Suspected kidnappers in military uniforms yesterday struck again in Yenagoa ,Bayelsa State, and abducted the 48-year-old wife of the former Speaker and acting governor of the state, Hon. Nestor Binabo.
Mrs. Martha Binabo, according to the State Police Command,was abducted on Monday at about 11:30am at the premises of Seleyibo Multi-Global Coy Ltd, along Agbura community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the abducted wife of the former Speaker of the State House of Assembly and former acting governor is the director of the company that specializes in the distributions of alcoholic drinks, including Guinness.
Some close family members believe the woman’s abduction may be connected with the decision of her husband to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Others, including security agents, insisted that the abduction was purely a criminal act by some elements.
Eyewitness account claimed that the kidnappers, who were dressed in full military uniform, asked the manager about the whereabouts of the woman with excuse that the transaction is huge and from the Commander of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) , Major-General Emmanuel Atewe.

After informing her, the manager took her to meet them and he left. They asked the woman to follow them to the JTF Headquarters under the pretext of introducing her to the JTF Commander.
Accordng to the witness, Mrs Binabo asked them to wait and allow her get her bag and they allowed her get her bag but her perceived delay at entering the vehicle forced them to push her into it.
“It was then it dawned on her workers that they are kidnappers and not JTF men,” he said.
The husband to the victim, Hon. Nestor Binabo, confirmed the kidnap of his wife but refused to make further comments.

Spokesman of the State Police Command, Butwat Astimin, said the kidnappers forced her into an ash-coloured Toyota Camry Car, chasis No. JTDBE32K620105302, and drove to Otuokpoti Sand Dump in Ogbia LGA where they set the car ablaze, transfered her to a waiting speedboat and sped off.
He said the marine police, the JTF, and other police anti-kidnapping units had been alerted, and that a massive manhunt had been launched to rescue the victim and arrest the abductors.