{"id":3557,"date":"2013-05-12T17:25:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T17:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/no-contact-yet-with-justice-rhodes-vivour-on-kidnapped-wife\/"},"modified":"2013-05-12T17:25:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T17:25:04","slug":"no-contact-yet-with-justice-rhodes-vivour-on-kidnapped-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/no-contact-yet-with-justice-rhodes-vivour-on-kidnapped-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"No contact yet with Justice Rhodes-Vivour on kidnapped wife"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nigerian Police in Edo State said its men have launched a manhunt for the abductors of the wife, daughter and driver of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

The police spokesman however added that the abductors were yet to contact the family of the Justice, to demand any ransom.<\/p>\n

“Three people were seized from their car at a point on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Friday,” a senior police officer in southern Edo State who did not want to be named confirmed, in an interview with a news agency.<\/p>\n

“We understand the victims are the wife, daughter and driver of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour of the Supreme Court,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Justice Rhodes-Vivour and his kidnapped wife<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

He said the kidnappers also went away with the car in which the trio were travelling to Benin for a wedding.<\/p>\n

“We have launched a manhunt for the criminals with a view to rescuing the victims unhurt,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We are aware their motive is to collect ransom money from the family, but they are yet to contact the family,” he added.<\/p>\n

Lagos lawyer Festus Keyamo has appealed to the kidnappers to release the hostages.<\/p>\n

“By the nature of their job, justices of the Supreme Court, and indeed all judges, always live a spartan life, not given to ostentation and primitive acquisition of wealth,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Therefore, the kidnappers should know that Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour is the wrong target of this dastardly act,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Therefore, I passionately appeal to the kidnappers, wherever they may be… to release unharmed the wife and daughter of Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour,” he added.<\/p>\n

Kidnapping for ransom, which was rife in the Niger Delta before a 2009 amnesty deal for oil militants, has spread to other parts of the country in recent months with prominent Nigerians and their relations becoming targets.<\/p>\n

In December, the mother of Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former World Bank managing director, was kidnapped from her home in southern Delta State.<\/p>\n

She was released a few days later allegedly after a ransom was paid.<\/p>\n

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