Tuesday, January 13, 2009

News at Eleven: The rash of kidnappings in the Niger Delta

has entered into the new year with two prominent indigenes of the region--Dr. Elechi Amadi and Chief Nelson Efiong--being the latest victims.

Amadi, a renowned author, academic and Chairman of the Rivers State Scholarship Board, was seized from his Mbodo Aluu residence on Monday night by heavily armed gunmen.

from The Punch: Renowned author, Elechi Amadi, abducted, freed

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