Kidnappers of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Federal Otokito, has reportedly contacted the paramount ruler of his Otuokpoti community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state after his abduction.
Daily Trust reported that the kidnappers demanded that their father who is currently in police custody must be released before the commissioner will be freed.
Otokito’s abductors, believed to be operators of an illegal crude oil refinery, also known as ‘Kpofire’, had stormed his residence in the community on Thursday night and grabbed him from his bedroom at gunpoint into a waiting speedboat at the waterside and sped away.
