The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the death of a 78-year-old woman, Mrs Ayoko Owoko, in the custody of kidnappers in the creeks of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

Mr. Asinim Butswat, spokesman of the command, who confirmed the incident yesterday in Yenagoa, described it as sad.

He said the Police was making efforts to rescue the aged woman before her body was discovered by the waterside, adding that the Police would leave no stone unturned in ensuring the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the crime.

It was gathered that the body of the mother of the immediate past member of Bayelsa State House of Assembly was found in Amassoma.

The septuagenarian was abducted on April 18 at her country home at the riverside town of Amassoma in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa by some yet to be identified gunmen.

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