OPEC president's brother kidnapped in Nigeria

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Joseph Agama, the younger brother of Nigeria's oil minister and current OPEC president Diezani Alison-Maduekel, in the southern Bayelsa state.Bayelsa is located in the Niger Delta, it's the main oil-producing region in the country, TASS reports.Early in 2014, Nengite Nitabai, the 71-year-old uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan, was kidnapped in Bayelsa. He was later rescued by police.On January 1, 2015 Alison-Madueke became the first woman to hold the rotating presidency of the global oil cartel.

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Joseph Agama, the younger brother of Nigeria's oil minister and current OPEC president Diezani Alison-Maduekel, in the southern Bayelsa state.

Bayelsa is located in the Niger Delta, it's the main oil-producing region in the country, TASS reports.

Early in 2014, Nengite Nitabai, the 71-year-old uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan, was kidnapped in Bayelsa. He was later rescued by police.

On January 1, 2015 Alison-Madueke became the first woman to hold the rotating presidency of the global oil cartel.