Kidnappers of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Federal Otokito, has reportedly contacted the community leader of Otuokpoti community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state following his abduction.
According to report, the kidnappers demanded that their father who is currently in police custody should be released before any plan will be made to release the commissioner.
The kidnappers who are believed to be operators of an illegal crude oil refinery, known as “Kpofire”, had stormed his residence in the community on Thursday night and grabbed him from his bedroom at gunpoint into a waiting speedboat at the waterside after which they sped off.
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They were said to have kidnapped Otokito for opposing their plan to set up an illegal crude oil refinery in the community’s forest.
