NewsSpecng and Agency report
The Bayelsa Federal Commissioner at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo has been abducted by gunmen, NewsSpecng learnt.
Police spokesperson in Rivers, SP Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the abduction, said Izonfuo was abducted on Sunday alongside her driver and maid at the Ogbakiri Junction on the East-West Road.
NewsSpecng gathered that they were abducted while returning to Port Harcourt after a trip to Brass in Bayelsa.
Iringe-Koko added that police tactical teams had been deployed to ensure the rescue of the commissioner and her aides.
Izonfuo was formerly Head of Civil Service in Bayelsa.
The abductors already demanded for N500 million naira ransom for the release of the victims.
Izonfuo had been at the centre of pre-census activities in Bayelsa in the last two weeks.
