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Police rescue 6-year-old son of Bayelsa commissioner

By TVC News Nigeria
09 January 2020   |   6:48 am
Antonio Tubonah, son of the Bayelsa State Commissioner For Water Resources, kidnapped on the 22nd of December, has regained his freedom.

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