Unease In Delta As Gunmen Kidnap Edwin Clark’s Son
— April 4, 2014
There was confusion in the Niger Delta yesterday following
Wednesday’s abduction of a son of the octogenarian Ijaw Leader, Chief
Edwin Clark, Ebikeme, by unknown gunmen.
Security alert was reported in tbe region, especially in the coastal areas of Bayelsa and Delta states.
Ebikeme was picked up by seven gunmen at the site of the multi-million naira Edwin Clark University of Technology, Kiagbodo, Burutu local government area of Delta State. The Ijaw leader had initiated the project as part of the moves to immortalise himself. Ebikeme supervises the project.
It was learnt that the gunmen, who stormed the site in a rickety Audi Car, ordered Ebikeme into his Toyota Hiace bus and sped off to a nearby jetty in the community amidst sporadic gunshots.
The hoodlums operated unhindered despite the presence of a police station opposite Clark’s country home. Few policemen attached to Kiagbodo Police Station reportedly fled into the bush following the shooting.
One of the gunmen trailed the bus with the Audi car. However, unknown to other in the gang, the car was intercepted by youths in the town, who arrested the hoodlum. He was later handed over to the police.
LEADERSHIP Friday learnt that six SIM cards of the various mobile phone service providers were found on the suspect. The SIM cards might have been acquired to facilitate contact and negotiation of ransom with the Clark family.
Ebikeme, who is currently a delegate at the ongoing national conference in Abuja, was promptly transferred into a waiting speedboat and ferried to an unknown destination in the coastal axis of the region. His whereabouts have been unknown since last night.
Reliable family sources told LEADERSHIP Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan called Clark on the phone and assured him that his son would be freed unhurt.
Jonathan was reported to have told Clark that he has directed the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Marshal Alex Badeh, and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, to mobilise adequate human and material resources to ensure the early recovery of the victim.
One of the sources said, “Baba (Clark) was disturbed when he was told about the kidnapping of Ebikeme right in his own community, apparently by his own people, but his morale was boosted when President Jonathan called him this (yesterday) afternoon to intimate him about the efforts being made to guarantee early release of his son from captivity.”
Security alert was reported in tbe region, especially in the coastal areas of Bayelsa and Delta states.
Ebikeme was picked up by seven gunmen at the site of the multi-million naira Edwin Clark University of Technology, Kiagbodo, Burutu local government area of Delta State. The Ijaw leader had initiated the project as part of the moves to immortalise himself. Ebikeme supervises the project.
It was learnt that the gunmen, who stormed the site in a rickety Audi Car, ordered Ebikeme into his Toyota Hiace bus and sped off to a nearby jetty in the community amidst sporadic gunshots.
The hoodlums operated unhindered despite the presence of a police station opposite Clark’s country home. Few policemen attached to Kiagbodo Police Station reportedly fled into the bush following the shooting.
One of the gunmen trailed the bus with the Audi car. However, unknown to other in the gang, the car was intercepted by youths in the town, who arrested the hoodlum. He was later handed over to the police.
LEADERSHIP Friday learnt that six SIM cards of the various mobile phone service providers were found on the suspect. The SIM cards might have been acquired to facilitate contact and negotiation of ransom with the Clark family.
Ebikeme, who is currently a delegate at the ongoing national conference in Abuja, was promptly transferred into a waiting speedboat and ferried to an unknown destination in the coastal axis of the region. His whereabouts have been unknown since last night.
Reliable family sources told LEADERSHIP Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan called Clark on the phone and assured him that his son would be freed unhurt.
Jonathan was reported to have told Clark that he has directed the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Marshal Alex Badeh, and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, to mobilise adequate human and material resources to ensure the early recovery of the victim.
One of the sources said, “Baba (Clark) was disturbed when he was told about the kidnapping of Ebikeme right in his own community, apparently by his own people, but his morale was boosted when President Jonathan called him this (yesterday) afternoon to intimate him about the efforts being made to guarantee early release of his son from captivity.”
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