Meanwhile, youths under the aegis of Udu Youth Council have appealed to the hoodlums to release the victim without further delay, describing the spate of kidnapping in the state as worrisome. The youths, in a statement by their President, Mr. Otito Yembra, and three others, stated that the abduction of Sakpra’s wife was not only a cowardly act, “but a desperate action from characters that seek to profit from their criminal conduct.” The youths added that the act was also a sore reminder of the growing resurgence of criminality in Urhobo land and Udu in particular. “We join friends, family and other well-meaning Nigerians in calling on the abductors of the respected Mrs. Theresa Sakpra to immediately release her unconditionally and unhurt. We are also calling on the security agencies to find Mrs. Theresa Sakpra without any delay,” the statement read in part. The spokesman for the Delta State Police Command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, declined to speak on the incident, but a senior police officer in the command confirmed the abduction of the commissioner’s wife. Effort to speak to the state Commissioner of Police, Zanna Ibrahim, proved abortive as calls and text messages to his telephone line were neither picked nor replied to. Punch Newspaper ]]>