Earlier this month, armed gun men abducted Siasia's 72 year old mother Madame Beauty Ogere Siasia from the family home in Odoni village in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta. They asked him to come up with a ransom of N150m (£487,000) before they set her free despite him saying that he has no money with which to pay them.
Yesterday afternoon, however, Mrs Siasia regained freedom yesterday after 12 days in captivity as her abductors reportedly abandoned her at about 1.30am on the popular East-West Road, the major gateway linking the south-south to other parts of the country. Police claimed the kidnappers abandoned her after realising that they were being pursued.
They had originally demanded N150m but then reduced it to N50m and then N32m but it is not yet certain if any ransom was eventually paid to them. Bayelsa State Police Command spokesman Asinim Butswat, said because of the hot chase by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the captors abandoned Mrs Siasia on the road and escaped arrest.
Mr Butswat added: “Madame Beauty was abandoned by her abductors along the East West Road, at about 01.30hrs, November 28, 2015, due to hot pursuit by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Police Command. She is hale and hearty and has been reunited with her family.”
He stated that the police had intensified efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects. Tonight, Nigeria's plays Mali in an ongoing Olympic qualifier and with this news, Siasia will now be free to concentrate on the task of qualifying the U23 team for the Rio Olympics.
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