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Samson Siasia’s mom released after 10 weeks in kidnappers’ den

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5 years ago

September 29, 2019

Madam Beauty Ogere, the mother of former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia has been released by her kidnappers.

She was freed over two months after she was abducted in her country home in Adoni community, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Spokesman for the Bayelsa State Police Command, DSP Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident on Sunday.

Siasia had on Tuesday said the police were finding it difficult to find the kidnappers.

The former Super Eagles star, who recently said he paid the kidnappers N1.5 million ransom fee, had appealed to the government to help bring back his mother.

The kidnappers had also kidnapped two other family members, Madam Florence Dounana, 65 years, and her daughter, Selekere Dounana, 17 years.