Bayelsa speaker's mother kidnapped

Even as the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Friday Kumbowei Benson, is still trying to extricate himself from allegation of misappropriation of N78 million belonging to the state government, armed gunmen Monday abducted his 78-year-old mother, Mrs. Betinah Okunwa Benson, at her country home in Korokorosei, Southern Ijaw area of the state.
 The kidnap of the old woman is coming on the heels of accusations by the people of his community of imposing his brother, Iniokpoemi Friday Benson, on the people as the community development chairman even though his tenure had expired.