Siasia’s Mother’s Whereabouts Still Unknown

Fourteen days after Beauty Ogere (80), mother of former coach and skipper of the Super Eagles, Samson Siasia, was kidnapped, her whereabouts and that of 66-year-old Florence Donana and her 17-year-old granddaughter, remained unknown.

The victims were snatched from their Odoni community, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on July 15 about 2am.

Two days after the incident, the kidnappers established contacts with Siasia’s family and demanded N70 million to free the victims.

Siasia, however, begged the kidnappers to set his aged mother free unconditionally as he was out of job and had no such money to pay them.

A relative, at the weekend, said the kidnappers reduced the ransom to N50 million without considering the woman’s health. According to him, the family offered to pay N500,000 but the kidnappers rejected the offer, saying it was too small.

He was concerned over Ogere’s health, even as he lamented that the police and other security agencies had done nothing about the abduction as nothing tangible came out of a recent security meeting held on the matter.

“We are begging the abductors to set our mother free. We don’t have the kind of money they are asking for. They should please respect the age of the woman and release her,” he said.

Police spokesman Butswat Asinim said the police were working on the matter.