Okonjo Iweala's Mother Kidnapped, $1 Billion Ransome Requested!

Yesterday, Professor Kanene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was abducted at the gate of the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, who is her husband. Punch reports that the 82-year-old monarch’s wife was said to have been abducted at about 1.47pm by a gang of armed men who seized her at the gate of the palace and took her away, when her husband travelled out of the town.

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The kidnappers, numbering about 10, were said to be lurking around the palace until the woman and her maid came down to offer some drinks to workers at the gate. Eyewitness said as soon as the woman came down from the main building, towards the gate, the criminals also moved in from the gate to grab and push her into a waiting Golf Volkswagen car.The kidnappers have contacted the family, demanding a whopping $1 billion ransom. The demand for a $1billion ransom was relayed to the family this morning.

The family is yet to react to the ransom demanded but $1billion is definitely a large amount.