Samson Siasia’s mother kidnapped

News emerging this morning reveals that the mother of
current head coach of Nigeria’s U-23 football team,
Samson Siasia has been kidnapped. According to reports,
gunmen stormed the family residence of the Siasia’s in the
early hours of Tuesday morning at Odoni community of
Sagama Local Council Area of Bayelsa State and forcefully
whisked away Siasia’s mother on a motorcycle.
Bayelsa State Police Command spokesperson, ASP
Ansinim Butswat, has confirmed the incident saying that
the matter has been reported, but details were still
sketchy.
Speaking to the media on the incident, a distraught Siasia
has expressed his confusion at the occurrence of the
event. Siasia said: “Right now I am confused, from the
story I got, three men on motorbike stormed my parents’
house in my village Odoni in Bayelsa State, shot
sporadically into the air before taking my old mother away
on a bike.
“What do they expect from me? I don’t have money, I am
right now on national duty, and need all the time to
concentrate on this very important national task. So, I beg
them to please release my mother so that I can
concentrate on this task of qualifying the U-23 National
Team for the men’s football event of the Rio Olympics.”
In a statement released on the Nigerian Football
Federation (NFF) website, NFF president, Amaju Pinnick
has appealed to the kidnappers to release the 72 year old
mother of the coach. “This is quite disturbing. We are just
preparing for a crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
match, and the U-23 boys are already in The Gambia for a
pre-Cup of Nationstraining camp. Why this?
“All we can do is to appeal to the kidnappers to free
Samson Siasia’s aged mother. Samson is on a critical
national assignment presently and the last he needs is this
kind of distraction,” Said Pinnick. As at the time of this
report, it was revealed that the kidnappers are yet to
demand ransom from the family.
(Source: VANGUARD )

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