{"id":7741,"date":"2016-02-17T20:29:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7741"},"modified":"2016-02-17T20:33:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:33:41","slug":"unknown-gunmen-abduct-ex-president-jonathans-foster-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7741","title":{"rendered":"Unknown gunmen abduct ex-President Jonathan&#8217;s foster dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaymu.com.ng\/mobile-phones-tablets\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=55fe6c2f&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=55fe6c2f\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/55fe6c2f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=55fe6c2f\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n<p>For the second time within two years, unknown gunmen have abducted the first cousin and foster father of the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Inengite Nitabai.<br \/>\nChief Nitabai, a former academia was abducted early hours of Wednesday \u2013 around 3.30am when his assailants stormed his residence beside the creek, located off the Onuebum-Otuoke Road and close to Otuoke bridge in Ogbia Local Government area of Bayelsa State.<br \/>\nIn the meantime, the State Police Command has since confirmed the incident.<br \/>\nThe Command\u2019s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Asinim Butswat, narrated: \u201cOn February 17, 2016, at about 0330 hours, seven unknown gunmen abducted Chief Inengite Nitabai in his residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Police Spokesperson also confirmed that a massive manhunt has been launched by a combined team of Marine Police as well as anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Command, to rescue the victim and track the abductors.<br \/>\nButswat also affirmed that investigation was still ongoing.<br \/>\nIt would be recalled the 72 \u2013 year \u2013old Nitabai suffered similar fate in March 2014, when abducted by 10 armed men but released about three weeks later after a harrowing experience.<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Jonathan-and-world-leaders.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7261\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Jonathan-and-world-leaders-300x209.jpeg\" alt=\"Jonathan and world leaders\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Jonathan-and-world-leaders-300x209.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Jonathan-and-world-leaders.jpeg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time within two years, unknown gunmen have abducted the first cousin and foster father of the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Inengite Nitabai. 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