Thursday, 23 May 2013
Mother Of Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Kidnapped In Delta State
Mother of tNigeria's Minister of Finance, Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was kidnapped on Sunday from the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-uku, Obi (Prof.) Chukwuka Okonjo.
Mrs. Kanene Okonjo, 82 , the queen mother of Ogwashi uku was abducted around 1:47PM by a gang of armed men who seized her at the gate of the palace at Ogbe-ofu and took her away while the husband had traveled out of town.
The police said they arrested a man who allegedly left the compound few minutes before the incident took place.
The finance minister is currently in Abuja making arrangements with security agents to free her mother according to family sources.
It's hard to accept that
It's hard to accept that these things still happen. I realize now how insecure these states are. I guess learning about online share trading in Nigeria doesn't always lead you in a happy place.
Kidnapping is very very bad,d
Kidnapping is very very bad,d kidnapers shuld look 4 a better job,it's only fools dat suppot dis criminal act,am unemployed does not mean i shuld go & kidnap & if d kidnappers are cought they shuld b killed,it was federal govt dat begged d woman to resign from world bank to b a minister,those in support of kidnapping if its easy wait for govt to beg u to b com a minister.
Pls be Civil
Haba, ogbeni .....? try and be modest in your comments. This is rather to the extreme. Let's all continue to pray for the best 4 Naija. It will be well.
How can you say such a word
Person like you should be kidnapped and killed, how can you make such a comment that they should kill the woman, I know that you are jealous of the family and jealous that your mother is selling waste goods in a local public market, I pray that the kidnappers should locate you and family to kidnap. You have bad mind for other Nigerian citizen to have say such word, may God have mercy on you.
The woman will be release, and Nigerians will live happily without fear of kidnappers and robbery, in Jesus name amen.
Joshua
may God send His spirit upon
may God send His spirit upon them to release her in good health Daluk D D Ampang WEST.
What an Insensitive comment?
What a wicked and insensitive comment? So, everybody working in the government is a thief and should be kidnapped? So everybody that has connection with any amount of money should be kidnnaped too, including students holding their school fees? Your type of comments is not the best solution yet for the rotten society. The rot did not start with Ngozi Iweala in office.
The demand was too small
The kidnappers should continue kidnapping peoples in government who are stealing nigerian money like okonjo and family. But my concern is that one billion naira was too small. They need to ask for about one billion dollars or more.
@MAMA IWEALA
Is it how you define a hero?..you are a shame
Times don change.
Times have changed for nigeria,everybody feels for the old mama a whole 82yrs,but see how people dey vex towards govt.
Im sure the messsage is clear.
A ministers mother,who next?
Madame minister after all these years breeze don blow reach fowl yansh.
Other nigerians have settled,now its your turn.
For the sake of mama find them something.
The kidnap of Prof (Mrs) Okonjo
This time these criminals have kidnapped the wrong Nigerian! The profs were my teachers. His royal Highness taught us Latin ex officio, at a Catholic Convent school for girls in Ibadan whilst Mrs OKONJO was the best lecturer i had at the University Of Ibadan. Anyone who has ever known this fine,industrious, erudite,humble,giving, patriotic couple who loved to build and refine young minds as educationists, would agree with me that they have served this nation well and deserve to be honored and affronted with abomination such as kidnap in old age.
If being the mother of successful children one of whom happens to be a federal minister, is what has brought this crime upon her then God would reward her evil captors justly.
What a very good news, i hope
What a very good news, i hope they even kill her. Why should i be worried after her bitch of a daughter has stolen nigerian money.
@NAGODI,YOUR SISTER CANNOT HAVE NGOZI'S COURAGE.
She is serving her country bravely,but you just called her a killer,your sisters are covered from head to toe with only eyes exposed to see their front.We have a female football team in Nigeria winning trophies around the world but not one northerner in the team.
There is no moral latitude for you to bad-mouth Mrs Okonjo-Iweala,she is internationally recognised in her chosen career,if you guys allowed your women to be educated maybe you will have the moral basis for your bad talk,in the meantime just shut up.
Thats good job, coz this is
Thats good job, coz this is wat kidnappers suppose to do, not kidnapping ordinary ppl
HATE
SAHARAREPORTERS YOU CANT PUBLISH EVERYTHING ON THIS PLATFORM, THIS GUY IS TALKING WITH HATE AND THAT IS HOW A DANGEROUS MAN SOUNDS PLS TAKE CAUTION IN PUBLISHING SOME OF THESE BLOGS
@SUNDAY NJOKEDE...YOU ARE A CHARLATAN..DON'T POLITICIZE IT!!!
why are you speechless??? what is distasteful about kidnapping ngozi's mother? that she does not have enough blood or because her skin is all wrinkled up. the question is...is she worth some money? is she a valuable commodity? for sure she must be worth something to ngozi. some people trade in the stocks and bonds, others in cray fish, dry pepper and awurawu tomato and the smart ones trade in VIPs. the money that ngozi has stolen is worth more to the average nigerian than her mother is to her. time to pay up...whats good for the goose is also good for the gander. BDW...if it were an average nigerian's mother, would you be speechless? now you want to politicize it. charlatan...REJECT goodluck jonathan's transport money AND collect ngozi's chop money...MAN MUST WACK!!! @kool.- LONG LIVE THE SS and SE and @AKPOS 1 - indeed they are HONORABLE...now if only BH will do the same.
they are playing with fire
The kidnappers who kidnapped 82 years old woman will not live long.Their ownn mothers will not make it to 82. they should return the old woman to her place before Ukwashi ukwu gods fire them.
What is the difference 82 or 20
To those describing this kidnapping as sick based on the age of the victim are morons. Every kidnapping is bad. But for once, majority are applauding the kidnappers. The chicken has come home to roost. The new opposition party in Nigeria are the kidnappers. If only they could help in sanitising the country for good.
So unkind of you.
I find it so unkind of you to write such things about a human being. No matter what you feel she has done wrong her mother does not deserve to be kidnapped. No one deserves to be kidnapped. Its a horrifying experience. Kidnappings must not be justified, whatever the reasons.
I FEEL FOR THE OLD MAMA
Why will u guys be talking like this despise the pain she has cause Nigerian? but dat shouldn't be the reason why you should not sympathies with the old Mama, remember a kind of her gave birth to you too.this kidnappers should av kidnap Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala herself not the old mama to suffer the consequence she did not know anything about. I really feel for her.
I have always felt that the
I have always felt that the bad boys will get at this woman.
This will keep happening
This will keep happening untill justice is done, untill Nigerians are given what belongs to them, and the sooner this is done the better and the longer it takes the more complecated it will be.
JUST FOR HER TO FEEL THE PAIN
JUST FOR HER TO FEEL THE PAIN THAT HAVE BEEN INFLICTED ON THE MASSES. MAY BE THIS WILL MAKE PEOPLE PEOPLE LIKE NGOZI KNOW THAT THINGS ARE REALLY BAD. THE KIDNAPPERS ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE LOOTER. THEY SHALL DRINK FROM THEIR OWN POISON.
its time ibos are told to
its time ibos are told to look for better ways of taking care of themselves. A shame that most of those saying things in support of the kidnappers are Ibos-what is the difference between them and boko haram. Government should quickly create a state for them in asaba
subsidy haram
knw that ....haram r of many categories n ds country .d saint militants r mother haram, ngozi is d spokesperson of d subsidy haram,...... 2 b continued.
This is good news! ....May the Hon. Kidnappers live long
This is good news indeed. Long live the honorable kidnappers. May they live long to reap the fruits of their labour. Ise...Ase...Ameeeeeeennnnnnn.
She came to Nigeria in her first coming & demanded to be paid in dollars. In her second coming...she arbitrarily abandoned continent Nigeria to vigorously campaign for the World Bank Job. As intelligent or stupid as many citizens of this continent of our are, they saw nothing wrong in a serving minister whom we were told was serving in the continent in order to leas it out of the woods, now being more interested in her personal ambition & monetary gain than the country she swore to serve with all due diligence. What a pity! If only Nigeria were a country, she would have lost her job immediately.
To the kidnappers, may your days be long. May your blessed hands find Dimeji Bankole or any of his Mother, Father, Father in-law, brothers, sisters who are still alive. It wud be good business.
Long live the United States of the SS&SE
Na True My Brother KS
My Broda. Watin you talk na true. Yes! until we start asking relevant questions and following them up with actions, things will not change for too long we are being deceived by some people who call themselves leaders over the less of us who they perceived as lesser being. Certainly, the lives of the White man's dog is far more precious than ours in Nigeria even though God created all human being as equal people. Take heart my Sister. You have done you bit to help you mother land =See the thank you some Nigerian are giving you
YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IS SICK!
"Kidnapping an 82year old for whatever reason is sick. It shows how gross people can be !"
WHAT IS REALLY SICK IS TO IGNORE OUR REFINERIES OR THE PROSPECT OF NEW ONES AND SHAMELESSLY HIKE THE PRICE OF FUEL TO REMOVE A LIE CALLED SUBSIDY. WE KNEW THAT NGOZI KILLED 14 PEOPLE DURING THE JANUARY DEMONSTRATION THAT FOLLOWED. SINCE THEN ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM THE UNBEARABLE LIFE SHE CREATED, OR HOW MANY SICKNESSES AND DIVORCE, HOW MANY INJURIES AND LOST OF MINDS, HOW MANY SUICIDES... YOU SEE HER OCTAGENARIAN MOTHER IS SMALL FRIES COMPARED TO THE MOTHERS NGOZI KILLED.
WE ARE NOT DISGUSTING
"...You talk about corruption how does it thrive, is it not by arms twisting using these methods of blackmails? Let us face it, has anybody taken time to know that these heightened level of criminalisties and evil in Nigeria and World over is simply endtime signs..."
THINK ABOUT IT WHAT WILL PUSH THOSE PEOPLE TO KIDNAP FOR A LIVING? LETS SAY THEY HAVE JOBS AND ARE WELL TO DO AND JUST WANT TO BE CRIMINALS, WHAT ARE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR THEN? REMEMBER THIS IS NOT THE HUNDRED KIDNAP ITS PERHAPS THE THOUSANDTH.
I DONT KNOW ABOUT AMERICA OR EUROPE BUT IN NIGERIA THESE SURGE IN CRIMES ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SURGE IN INCOMPETENCE AND CORRUPTION IN GOVT. PEOPLE COME TO REALISE NO ONE WILL SAVE THEM AND THE AUDACITY OF THE THEFT IN GOVT MAKES THEM WANT TO TAKE THEIR SHARE BY FORCE. FORCE HAS COME TO SIGNIFY EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE IN NIGERIA BECAUSE FORCE IS WHAT OUR RULERS RESPECT.
for how long nigeria will be instupidty
What benefit will there have f that atitude
This is good news! ....May the Hon. Kidnappers live long
his is good news indeed. Long live the honorable kidnappers. May they live long to reap the fruits of their labour. Ise...Ase...Ameeeeeeennnnnnn.
She came to Nigeria in her first coming & demanded to be paid in dollars. In her second coming...she arbitrarily abandoned continent Nigeria to vigorously campaign for the World Bank Job. As intelligent or stupid as many citizens of this continent of our are, they saw nothing wrong in a serving minister whom we were told was serving in the continent in order to leas it out of the woods, now being more interested in her personal ambition & monetary gain than the country she swore to serve with all due diligence. What a pity! If only Nigeria were a country, she would have lost her job immediately.
To the kidnappers, may your days be long. May your blessed hands find Dimeji Bankole or any of his Mother, Father, Father in-law, brothers, sisters who are still alive. It wud be good business.
Long live the United States of the SS&SE

