Gunmen abduct Timipreye Sylva's Uncle

This era of high profile kidnapping in Nigeria doesn't seem to come to an end anytime soon.....Unknown gunmen have kidnapped an uncle of Former Bayelsa state governor, Timipreye Sylva.

86 year old Chief Benson Ayerite Adigio-Eseni was kidnapped from his Okpoama home in Brass LGA of Bayelsa state around 2am on sunday morning. The gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles released bullets in the air to scare away residents before whisking the octogenerian to a speedboat and dissappearing into the creeks.