Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister In Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid
Jul 4, 2026
Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid
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#Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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