Nigeria's Finance Minister's Mother Kidnapped

Gunmen Sunday abducted Prof. Kamene Okonjo, 82, mother of the Minister of Finance, Prof Okonjo-Iweala in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State.

Okonjo-Iweala’s mother,  the wife of His Majesty, Professor Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo Agbogidi, the reigning Obi of Ogwashi-Uku kingdom was kidnapped Sunday at about 1:30 pm at the Obi’s palace at Ogbe-Ofu quarters in Ogwashi-Uku by eight gunmen who stormed the palace in two Audi cars.

It could not be immediately ascertained if security men were at the palace when she was kidnapped.