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| Nigerian governor's mum abducted | Nigerian governor's mum abducted |
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| Gunmen have kidnapped the mother of the newly elected governor of Nigeria's richest state. | Gunmen have kidnapped the mother of the newly elected governor of Nigeria's richest state. |
| Celestine Omeiha's mother was taken from her village near Port Harcourt in oil-rich Rivers State. | Celestine Omeiha's mother was taken from her village near Port Harcourt in oil-rich Rivers State. |
| Six foreign oil workers have also been kidnapped by armed militants from an oil industry vessel off the Nigerian coast in Bayelsa state. | |
| Militants in the Delta rarely abduct locals, prompting speculation that this abduction may be an election fall-out. | Militants in the Delta rarely abduct locals, prompting speculation that this abduction may be an election fall-out. |
| "We have some clues and we are working on it," said police chief Felix Ogbaudu. | "We have some clues and we are working on it," said police chief Felix Ogbaudu. |
| States in the oil-producing Niger Delta have huge budgets, yet most people live in poverty, partly caused by endemic government corruption. | States in the oil-producing Niger Delta have huge budgets, yet most people live in poverty, partly caused by endemic government corruption. |
| The foreign hostages are believed to include four Italians and an American, a security source told Reuters news agency. | |
| "The militants shot one navy personnel and compelled the crew to throw a rope down to give them access by using dynamite. They kidnapped six ex-pats - four Italians, one U.S. and one unknown," the source said. |