By Austin Ogwuda

Asaba — MIXED reactions have greeted Wednesday’s passage of Delta State Anti-kidnapping Bill 2012 into law by the state House of Assembly by overriding the governor’s veto of the bill, by invoking Section 100 sub section 5 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

While majority of persons interviewed, including some judicial officers, who preferred anonymity, hailed the Assembly for overriding the governor’s veto, others supported the governor’s position.

Senior Political Adviser to the Governor, Chief Ighoyota Amori, said: “I am with the House on this. The incessant cases of kidnappings in the state and the country in general, are abnormal and require abnormal solution.

“The governor is a medical doctor trained to save lives, but not all of us are medical doctors and we have been victims of kidnapping. No family in the state has been spared, one way or another. Personally, I support the overriding of the governor’s veto by the House.”

Meantime, a 79-year old businessman in Illah, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state, simply identified as Justus, has been kidnapped.

He was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen from his farm at noon. Eyewitness said that he was seized and bundled into a blue Toyota Corolla car and whisked to an unknown destination.