Mother of tNigeria's Minister of Finance, Dr. Mrs.
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was kidnapped on Sunday from the palace of the traditional
ruler of Ogwashi-uku, Obi (Prof.) Chukwuka Okonjo.
Mrs. Kanene Okonjo, 82 , the queen mother of
Ogwashi uku was abducted around 1:47PM by a gang of armed men who seized her at
the gate of the palace at Ogbe-ofu and took her away while the husband
had traveled out of town.
The police said they arrested a man who allegedly
left the compound few minutes before the incident took place.
The finance minister is currently in Abuja making
arrangements with security agents to free her mother according to family
sources.
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