Gunmen kidnap mother of Nigerian Olympic football team coach
The coach and his team arrived Gambia last weekend.
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Abuja: Gunmen have abducted the mother of Nigeria's Under-23 football team coach Samson Siasia at her home in the oil-rich state of Bayelsa, local police said.
Investigation into the kidnap has commenced, the police officer said, adding so far, the kidnappers had not demanded a ransom from the victim's family.
In a brief chat with Xinhua, the Nigerian U-23 coach, who is right now in Gambia on national duty, made a solemn appeal to the kidnappers to free his mom.
"What do they expect from me? I do not 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," said Siasia.
The coach and his team arrived Gambia last weekend.
Kidnapping -- often for ransom -- is one of the major security problems in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. It is more frequent in the oil-rich region of the country.
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