source: Daily Post (Nigeria); Daily Independent (Nigeria)
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria)
actor2: Civilians (Nigeria)
location: Yenagoa
notes: On 20 July 2021, gunmen dressed in military uniform kidnapped the mother of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government (SSG) at her residence in the Old Assembly Quarters, Yenagoa (Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa). The abductee was released on 21 August 2021, it is unreported whether ransom was paid however, the abductors had initially demanded for 500 million naira ransom. [women targeted: relatives of targeted groups or persons]