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            Nigerian Supreme Court Judge's Wife, Daughter Kidnapped

   Nigerian media say gunmen have abducted the wife, daughter and driver
   of a supreme court judge, in the latest case of kidnappers targeting
   prominent Nigerians.
   Nigerian news agencies quote authorities as saying the kidnapping
   happened late Friday in the southern state of Edo. The officials said
   the three were travelling to Edo`s capital, Benin, to prepare for the
   daughter`s wedding when gunmen intercepted their car.
   The reports said the kidnappers had not yet contacted Supreme Court
   Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour`s family to make any demands.
   Abductions of prominent Nigerians have increased in the country`s south
   in recent months, with the kidnappers typically demanding ransom
   payments from family members.
   In December, the mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi
   Okonjo-Iweala was kidnapped in Delta state before being released five
   days later. It is not clear if a ransom was paid.
   Kidnappings for ransom are a lucrative criminal enterprise in southern
   Nigeria, but in previous years most cases involved foreign oil workers.
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