Government
of Bayelsa State on Tuesday said it received “with rude shock” the
report of the abduction of Betinah, the 78-year-old mother of the
Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Mr. Kombowei Benson.
The Governor of the state, Mr. Seriake Dickson, said
the government had “taken prompt action to arrest the perpetrators of
the criminal act”.
Betinah was kidnapped from her Korokorosei country home on Monday by gunmen who operated on two speedboats.
The bandits were said to have shot sporadically into the air before whisking their target away at about 12.30 am.
Dickson in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Iworis-Markson, reiterated his administration’s commitment to
zero-tolerance for criminality.
The governor in the statement which was made
available to our correspondent in Yenagoa read the Riot Act to bandits
ordering persons with criminal intentions to either leave the state or
wait to be dealt with by security agencies.
He said, “We have said it time and time again that
our government will ensure zero tolerance for crime and all forms of
criminality and it is clear to all in Bayelsa State that we mean
business.
“The huge strides undertaken by this administration
in the last one year to address the once deplorable security situation
in the state can be attested to by all.
“The dizzying pace with which this administration was
able to turn around Bayelsa State from a haven of cultism and violence
and criminality to a situation where the state is clearly adjudged as
one of the most peaceful and secured states in Nigeria will not be toyed
with in anyway.
“That is why the kidnapping of the Speaker’s mother
is most condemnable and will surely not stand. Not only will the
kidnappers be arrested and made to face the wrath of the law, their kind
and others with such criminal tendencies will be smoked out of the
state.”
Culled: Punchng
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