IYC: how Alison-Madueke’s sister was rescued from abductors

IYC: how Alison-Madueke’s sister was rescued from abductors

Madam Osiya Agama, who was abducted nine days ago, has been freed.
The younger sister to Petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke was freed on Wednesday evening.
She was abducted by armed men when she was returning from a church service in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The police command, in a statement yesterday, said Madam Agama was rescued following an operation by the police and men of the Joint Task Force (JTF).
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), also in a statement yesterday in Port Harcourt, said its members in the eastern zone helped with information that facilitated the woman’s rescue.
The statement said governments should curb criminality, especially kidnapping, if they provide jobs.
The statement reads: “The IYC worldwide commends the efforts of the combined team of security agencies, who worked tirelessly to rescue Madam Agama, younger sister to Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Alison-Madueke, in the late hours of Wednesday, October 29, at Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
“The IYC also commends Ijaw youths from the Eastern Zone, who provided useful information and worked with security agencies to release Madam Agama.
“However, the IYC, for the umpteenth time, calls on governments to engage youths of the Niger Delta to address the increasing spate of kidnapping, pipeline vandalism and other social vices.
“While the IYC condemns criminality of whatever nature in Ijaw land and any part of the Niger Delta, we believe that provision of jobs and other means of constructive engagement is the panacea to these problems.
“We, therefore, call on politicians to concentrate on job creation as we approach the 2015 general elections.”