I was fed with garri mixed with palm oil says freed Jonathan's cousin

YENAGOA — The kidnapped Chief Inengite Nitabai,
cousin to President Goodluck Jonathan, has been
rescued from his abductors. He said that his
captors fed him garri mixed with palm oil and made
him to sleep on wet bare floor during his 21-day
incarceration.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan’s
maternal cousin, Miss Patience Agbani, survived a
kidnapp attempt yesterday at Akepelai, in Ogbia
Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Nitabai was rescued at 12 midnight, yesterday,
following a dusk operation launched by men of the
Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Bayelsa State Police
Command.
Six suspects, including a chief believed to be the
father of the alleged leader of the kidnap gang, were
arrested in connection with the abduction.
According to the state Police Commissioner, Mr.
Hilary Opara, no ransom was paid to secure the
release of the septuagenarian. Nitabai was a
lecturer at Rivers State University of Science and
Technology.
Reliving his experience, the septuagenarian said he
was blindfolded all through his incarceration and
made to sleep on the wet, bare floor.
He said: “I was blindfolded. I did not see anything
they were doing and didn’t know where I was. I
thank God for keeping me stronger because I was
sleeping on the bare ground. When rain comes it
touches me everywhere.
“I am a retired lecturer from the university and I
mind my own business. So I don’t know what
actually made them to carry out this action on me. I
was really tortured. They used their gun butts to hit
my body.”
Inengite Nitabai
Speaking on the rescue operation, the elated
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hilary Opara, said
utmost professionalism was applied by men of the
state anti-kidnapping squad.
He specifically commended the family of the victim
for believing in the police and other sister agencies
all through their travail.
Nitabai was abducted at his Otuoke residence in
Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on
February 23 by 10 gunmen.
Another cousin escapes
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed
Operation Pulo Shield, yesterday, foiled an attempt
by some unidentified gunmen to abduct the maternal
cousin to the President, Miss Patience Agbani.
Agbani, aged 35, was rescued from her abductors at
her business outlet at Akepelai in Ogbia Local
Government Area of the state by soldiers attached
to the Setraco Construction Company.
According to a community source, the lady was in
her shop when she noticed strange movements and
quickly alerted the JTF operatives at the
construction firm who rushed to her rescue.
Security, it was learnt, had been beefed up in Ogbia
axis.
Confirming the development, the Media Coordinator
of the JTF, Colonel Oyenma Nwachukwu, said a
distress call was received from Miss Agbani by the
soldiers at the Akepelai site of road construction
work and rescue operation activated by the
soldiers.